Taylor v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a second jury trial before Judge Harvey Ginsberg, Defendant was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction on direct appeal. In 2003, Defendant filed his first petition for postconviction relief. The postconviction court denied the petition. Before the Supreme Court decided the appeal from the denial of Defendant’s postconviction petition, the Court removed Judge Ginsberg from office. The Court subsequently affirmed the postconviction court’s judgment denying relief to Defendant. In 2014, Defendant filed a petition for postconviction relief based on Judge Ginsberg’s removal from office. The postconviction court denied the petition without holding an evidentiary hearing, concluding that the petition was both untimely filed and procedurally barred. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the postconviction court did not err in denying Defendant’s second petition or postconviction relief without holding an evidentiary hearing where Defendant filed his petition after the expiration of the statutory two-year limitations period, and the statutory interests-of-justice exception does not apply.
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