Chapman v. State

LANSING, Judge.

This is a post-conviction relief proceeding in which Walter Chapman alleges that he was deprived of due process in jurisdictional review proceedings at the North Idaho Correctional Institution (NICI). The district court summarily dismissed the action on the ground that Chapman’s claim is barred by the statute of limitation. Chapman appeals, arguing that the statute of limitation did not begin to run until he became aware of his right to relief.

On March 16, 1989, Chapman was convicted of rape and received a unified fifteen-year sentence with a five-year minimum term of…