Ward v. State.3

1 iPetitioner Bruce Earl Ward moves this court to recall the mandate on his appeal affirming the circuit court’s denial of post-conviction relief. Ward identifies three issues that he suggests amounted to a defect or breakdown in the appellate process to support recalling the mandate. First, he points out that his postconviction petition was unverified. Second, he alleges that he was incompetent at the time of the post-conviction hearing; and third, he argues that his counsel performed deficiently by failing to raise any issue of mental health or competency in the postconviction proceedings.…