Avery v. State

OPINION

In this appeal, appellant Brian Keith Avery contends that the district court erred in rejecting claims presented in his post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging, in part, that his guilty plea was entered in violation of our holding in Palmer v. State 2 because he was not aware when he entered the plea that he would be subject to a sentence of lifetime supervision. Our decision in Palmer was decided after Avery’s conviction became final. Thus, we consider as a matter of first impression whether Palmer applies retroactively to convictions that became final before…