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The Indiana Supreme Court will review a murderer’s 110-year sentence and consider whether he was wrongly denied post-conviction relief.
The court agreed last week to hear the case of McKinley Kelly, who was sentenced by the Lake Superior Court to 110 years for two murders he committed in 1996 in East Chicago when he was 16 years old.
The victims were Karl Jackson and Maurice Hobson.
Kelly’s direct appeal, petition for post-conviction relief, and petitions for habeas corpus relief in federal court were unsuccessful.
In June 2024, the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision. Now, the high court will consider Kelly’s case.
The case is McKinley Kelly v. State of Indiana, 25S-PC-108.
The five justices denied 13 other petitions last week, but didn’t agree on all of them.
Chief Justice Loretta Rush and Justice Derek Molter voted to consider a case in which the appellate court affirmed summary judgment for the state on their claim that it is not obligated to defend and indemnify a former Indiana Department of Child Services employee.
Justice Christopher Goff did not participate in the decision.
The case was Jason Kelly, et al. v. State of Indiana, 24A-CT-859.
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