Rowland v. State

ROBERTS, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. This is an appeal of the Washington County Circuit Court’s decision to dismiss Robert Stanley Rowland’s motion for post-conviction relief. We are called upon to determine whether Rowland’s claim of a “fundamental” constitutional double jeopardy violation justifies waiver of three different statutory bars to post-conviction relief. For reasons later expressed, we decline the invitation.

¶ 2. More than thirty years ago, Rowland pled guilty to two counts of capital murder and two counts of armed robbery. A central factor in this case is that the two counts of…