Brown v. Superior Court of Ind.

1. Whether the Indiana Supreme Court's decision to deny Petitioner's petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition, without a hearing or opinion, violated Petitioner's rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution? 2. Whether the Indiana Supreme Court's refusal to exercise its original jurisdiction to address Petitioner's claims of constitutional violations in his underlying criminal case constitutes an adequate and independent state ground that bars federal review?