IN HB1314

Establishes a statutory framework for postconviction relief proceedings in Indiana, allowing convicted persons to challenge convictions or sentences based on constitutional violations, jurisdictional errors, excessive sentences, newly discovered evidence, or unlawful revocation of probation/parole

Sets a 1-year filing deadline for noncapital cases and 180-day deadline for capital cases, running from the later of: final judgment, removal of state-created filing impediments, recognition of new retroactive constitutional rights, or discovery of new factual predicates

Requires the state public defender to represent indigent petitioners incarcerated in the Department of Correction if proceedings are determined meritorious; petitioners may also hire private counsel or proceed pro se

Restricts successive petitions to claims relying on new retroactive constitutional rules or newly discovered facts that could establish by clear and convincing evidence that no reasonable trier of fact would have found the petitioner guilty

Prohibits courts from imposing a more severe penalty upon resentencing after successful postconviction relief unless the court documents reasons based on the petitioner's conduct occurring after the original sentence