Runnels v. State

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Brian Runnels and four co-defendants were indicted for the October 29, 1994, armed robbery and murder of Timothy Tillman. Runnels pled guilty to manslaughter and armed robbery on April 21, 1995, and received sentences of twenty years for the manslaughter and sixteen years for the armed robbery. The court ordered the sentences to run consecutively. Runnels thereafter filed multiple motions for post-conviction relief including the motion for post-conviction relief at issue. However, the statutorily-mandated time for filing a motion for post-conviction relief had…