Sahinovic v. State
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The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the district court dismissing Appellant's petition for postconviction relief, holding that the limitations period for challenging Appellant's convictions had expired and that his resentencing did not bring about a new limitations period for attacking his conviction.
In 2011, Appellant pled guilty to second-degree robbery and forgery. In 2015, the district court granted Appellant's motion to correct an illegal sentence. Appellant was resentenced. That same, year, Appellant filed the instant petition for postconviction relief. The State moved for summary judgment, arguing that Appellant's petition was time barred under the three-year statute of limitations in Iowa Code 822.3. The district court dismissed the petition. The court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the resentencing of Defendant, which did not affect his underlying convictions, did not restart section 822.3's time clock.
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