Perez-Rodriguez v. State

*747**491Under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA), a petition for post-conviction relief must generally be filed within two years of a criminal defendant's conviction becoming final. ORS 138.510(3). That statute of limitations, however, is subject to an escape clause, allowing an untimely petition if the post-conviction court "finds grounds for relief asserted which could not reasonably have been raised" within the limitations period. Id.

We allowed review of two cases-this case, and Gutale v. State of Oregon , 285 Or. App. 39, 395 P.3d 942 (2017) -that require us to interpret the meaning and…