Bailey v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The petitioner, Jeffrey A. Bailey, is before this Court appealing from the denial of his petition for permission to file a belated motion to correct error. Post-Conviction Relief, Rule 2. On June 19,1972, defendant pled guilty to the offense of second-degree murder. Ind.Code § 35-13-4-1 (Burns 1975). He was sentenced to the Indiana State Reformatory for an indeterminate period of fifteen to twenty-five years. In February of 1974, he filed a petition for post-conviction relief, which was denied on May 1, 1974. On April 6, 1981, petitioner filed a petition seeking permission to…