Legal Opinion
Finch v. State
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 9, 1999PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, J.
[¶ 1] David Finch appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Pe-nobscot County, Studstrup, J.) summarily dismissing, as untimely, his petition for post-conviction review. Finch contends that the one-year grace period established by 15 M.R.S.A. § 2128 (Supp.1998), which enacted a one-year statute of bmitations for filing petitions for post-conviction review, was insufficient to protect his right to due process. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] On February 6, 1996, Finch pled guilty, in Penobscot County Superior Court (Marsano, J.), to multiple criminal charges stemming from three…
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