State v. Bolger

MORGAN, Justice.

This appeal arises from the denial of appellant Paul Bolger’s (Bolger) petition for post-conviction relief. We affirm.

Bolger sought relief below from a plea of guilty arising from a murder charge for the beating death of Emory Joe Charging on April 17, 1979. In May of 1979, Bolger originally entered a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental illness. On September 17, 1979, as a result of plea bargaining negotiations, the State moved to reduce the murder charge to manslaughter in the first degree and Bolger pled guilty to the latter charge. On that plea, he was…