State v. Cotton
Annotate this CaseIn 1988, Appellant pled guilty to three counts of forgery. Later that year, Appellant was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder and other crimes. Appellant was sentenced to three life sentences for first-degree murder. The Supreme Court affirmed. In 2014, Appellant filed a pro se motion entitled “motion to set aside a void judgment” that included eight arguments for why his convictions should not have been sustained. The district court summarily denied Appellant’s motion because it was untimely filed. The Supreme Court affirmed, albeit on different grounds, holding that Appellant’s claims were not properly raised through a motion to correct an illegal sentence.
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