Clayton Dean Price v. State of Missouri

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc CLAYTON DEAN PRICE, ) ) Respondent, ) ) v. ) No. SC93120 ) STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF TANEY COUNTY The Honorable J. Edward Sweeney, Judge Opinion issued February 25, 2014 Clayton Dean Price’s motion for post-conviction relief missed the deadline for such a motion under Rule 29.15(b) by more than four years. Price claims that his tardiness should be excused because the counsel he retained to draft and file that motion for him misunderstood the deadlines. The motion court agreed and excused Price’s untimely filing.…