State v. Kingsley
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial in 1991, Appellant was convicted of premeditated first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated arson, and forgery. The sentencing court imposed three consecutive life sentences. Appellant unsuccessfully appealed and then brought several collateral attacks on his convictions and sentences, to no avail. In 2012, Appellant filed a pro se motion for relief from judgment seeking relief from his first-degree murder conviction and sentence, claiming that the trial court erred in its instructions to the jury. The district court denied the motion without appointing counsel or conducting a hearing. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the claims raised by Appellant in his motion were barred by the doctrine of res judicata.
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