Anthony Hollowell v. State of Indiana, 19 N.E.3d 263

Hollowell was convicted of conspiracy to deal cocaine (Class B) and sentenced to a 16-year executed term.
Appellate relief was denied on direct appeal and then Hollowell filed a pro se post-conviction relief petition, which the PCR court denied.
Hollowell filed a Notice of Appeal pro se, but service issues arose: the court reporter and trial court did not receive copies as required.
A transcript request and forma pauperis motion were filed late and raised questions about payment arrangements for the transcript.
The Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal for procedural issues, and this Court granted transfer to address the merits.
The trial evidence showed a CI, Detective Waters, Detective McGivern, and Jenkins; Hollowell allegedly appeared with a Dodge Ram truck and possession of buy money, leading to the conspiracy conviction, while Hollowell was later stopped with buy money in his possession.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Whether appellate counsel was ineffective for not challenging circumstantial evidence of an agreement.	Hollowell	State	No reversible error; insufficient prejudice shown.
Whether lack of direct evidence of two intents defeats the conspiracy conviction.	Hollowell	State	Evidence supported inference of agreement; no reversal.

Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (U.S. Supreme Court 1984) (two-part test for ineffective assistance of counsel)
Weatherford v. State, 619 N.E.2d 915 (Ind. 1993) (standard for reviewing post-conviction relief)
Ben-Yisrayl v. State, 729 N.E.2d 102 (Ind. 2000) (reversal standard for post-conviction findings)
Minnick v. State, 698 N.E.2d 745 (Ind. 1998) (waiver and argument preservation in PCR)
Reed v. State, 856 N.E.2d 1189 (Ind. 2006) (categories of ineffective assistance claims)
Fisher v. State, 810 N.E.2d 674 (Ind. 2004) (preponderance standard in post-conviction relief)