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Case Information

Filed 2023-08-25
Type Post Conviction Appeal
Docket 29 entries
Disposition affirmed

Docket Entries

  1. Opinion Certified Serve: Hewlate, Kevin Serve: McLean, Ian Serve: Rokita, Theodore Notice Date: 03/05/2024
  2. Document Transmitted
  3. Order Denying Petition to Transfer Order - Transfer Appellant's petition to transfer denied. All Justices concur. Judicial Officer: Rush, Loretta H. Party: Roberts, William Serve: Hewlate, Kevin Serve: McLean, Ian Serve: Rokita, Theodore File Stamp: 02/29/2024
  4. Document Transmitted
  5. Transmitted on Transfer (Supreme Court)
  6. Notice Regarding Transfer Certificate of Service-Electronically Served 02/06/24 Attorney: McLean, Ian Party: State of Indiana File Stamp: 02/06/2024
  7. Petition to Transfer Petition to Transfer - Appellant Certificate of Service- Electronically Served 01/17/24 Attorney: Hewlate, Kevin Party: Roberts, William File Stamp: 01/17/2024
  8. Opinion Issued Memorandum Decision MEMORANDUM DECISION Affirmed, Mathias, J. Riley, J., and Crone, J., concur. Judicial Officer: Mathias, Paul D. Serve: Hewlate, Kevin Serve: McLean, Ian Serve: Rokita, Theodore File Stamp: 12/21/2023
  9. Document Transmitted
  10. Case Fully Briefed Oral Argument Requested: No FB Date: 11/28/2023
  11. Transmitted to Court of Appeals
  12. Notice of Exclusion of Confidential Information (Transcript) Certificate of Service- Electronically Served 11/17/23 (as stated) File Stamp: 11/27/2023
  13. Electronic Documents Received from Trial Court Clerk Volumes of Exhibits - One (1) *Public Access and Not for Public Access versions tendered* Received Electronically 11/27/23 Postmark: 11/27/2023
  14. Brief - Appellant Reply Brief - Appellant Reply Certificate of Service- Electronically Served 11/20/23 Attorney: Hewlate, Kevin Party: Roberts, William File Stamp: 11/20/2023
  15. Order Issued order granting motion to exclude from public access Having reviewed the matter, the Court finds and orders as follows: 1. Appellee's Motion to Exclude Material from Public Access is granted. 2. Within ten (10) days of the date of this order, Court Reporter Debbie L. Tiedeman is ordered to re-file corrected electronic Exhibits volume(s) with the Steuben Circuit and Superior Courts Clerk in a manner that fully complies with the filing requirements in Appellate Rule 23(F) and Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 5. 3. Specifically, the Court Reporter is ordered to prepare a public access Exhibits volume and a non-public access Exhibits volume. In the public access volume, the Court Reporter is ordered to (1) redact/remove the child victim's and alleged child victim's full name(s) from wherever they appear and replace the name(s) with initials; and (2) redact Roberts' full social security number from wherever it appears. 4. The non-public access Exhibits volume should be a complete, consecutively paginated replication of the public access volume except it will include the confidential information/exhibits that were omitted from the public access volume. Thus, the non-public access volume should include the child victims' full name(s) and Roberts' full social security number. 5. Within five (5) days of the date the corrected Exhibits volume(s) are filed, the Steuben Circuit and Superior Courts Clerk is directed to transmit the corrected Exhibits volume(s) to the Clerk of this Court. 6. Appellant's reply brief, if any, remains due on November 20, 2023. 7. The Clerk of this Court is directed to mark as obsolete in the Odyssey Case Management System the version of the Exhibits received on September 6, 2023. 8. The Clerk of this Court is directed to send this order to the parties, Judge Allen N. Wheat of the Steuben Circuit Court, Court Reporter Debbie L. Tiedeman, and the Steuben Circuit and Superior Courts Clerk. 9. The Steuben Circuit and Superior Courts Clerk is directed to file this order under Cause Number Judicial Officer: Altice, Robert R. Serve: Hewlate, Kevin Serve: McLean, Ian Serve: Rokita, Theodore File Stamp: 11/13/2023
  16. Document Transmitted
  17. Brief - Appellee Brief - Appellee Certificate of Service- Electronically Served 11/03/23 Attorney: McLean, Ian Party: State of Indiana File Stamp: 11/03/2023
  18. Motion to Exclude Material from Public Access Appellee's Motion to Exclude Material from Public Access Certificate of Service- Electronically Served 11/03/23 Attorney: McLean, Ian Party: State of Indiana File Stamp: 11/03/2023
  19. Appearance by Deputy AG Certificate of Service- Electronically Served 10/16/2023 DAG: McLean, Ian Party: State of Indiana File Stamp: 10/16/2023
  20. Brief and Appendix - Appellant Brief- Appellant Brief- Appealed Order Volumes of Appendix: Two (2) Certificate of Service- Electronically Served 10/04/23 Attorney: Hewlate, Kevin Party: Roberts, William File Stamp: 10/04/2023
  21. Received Court Reporter's Notice of Filing of Transcript Received on: 09/06/23 PostmarkDate: 09/06/2023
  22. Received Court Reporter's Notice of Filing of Transcript Received on: 09/06/23 PostmarkDate: 09/06/2023
  23. Notice of Completion of Transcript Certificate of Service- Electronically Served 09/06/23 File Stamp: 09/06/2023
  24. Electronic Documents Received from Trial Court Clerk Volumes of Transcripts - One (1) Volumes of Exhibits - One (1) Volumes of T/C - One (1) Received Electronically 09/06/23 Postmark: 09/06/2023
  25. Notice of Completion of Clerk's Record Transcript Not Yet Completed Certificate of Service- Electronically Served 08/28/23 File Stamp: 08/28/2023
  26. Notice of Appeal Filed Certificate of Service- Electronically Served 08/25/23 Attorney: Hewlate, Kevin Party: Roberts, William File Stamp: 08/25/2023
  27. NOA Service to Trial Court Sent Date: 08/25/2023
  28. Document Transmitted
  29. Document Transmitted

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