State v. Taylor

Upon pleas of guilty to two counts of robbery and one count of first degree forcible sexual assault, the defendant, Carl Taylor, was sentenced on February 17, 1982, to imprisonment for terms of 5 to 10 years for the robberies and to a term of 12 to 15 years for the sexual assault, all sentences to be served consecutively. Upon direct appeal, the judgments were affirmed.

On October 19,1987, the defendant filed a pro se “Motion to Vacate and Set Aside Judgement and Sentence” in the trial court. On March 16, 1988, after counsel had been appointed, an amended petition for postconviction relief was…