Brocks v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of release. The Supreme Court affirmed on direct appeal. After unsuccessfully seeking postconviction relief in three successive petitions, Appellant filed the present petition for postconviction relief, arguing again that his right to effective assistance of counsel was violated and that the Supreme Court applied the wrong precedent in assessing this claim during his direct appeal. The postconviction court denied the petition as both untimely and procedurally barred. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant’s petition was untimely and therefore frivolous and was properly denied.
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