Smith v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CasePetitioner Gregory Smith entered a plea of guilty to six felony criminal offenses and was sentenced as a habitual offender. Petitioner filed a timely pro se petition for postconviction relief, which the trial court denied. Later, Petitioner sought leave to proceed with a belated appeal of the trial court's order, contending that the circumstances of his incarceration prevented him from filing a timely notice of appeal. The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's motion, holding that he failed to preserve his right to appeal the postconviction order and did not meet his burden of demonstrating that there was good cause for the failure to do so.
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