State v. Robertson

OPINION

OGG, Judge.

Edward Eugene Robertson was indicted in 1977 on an open charge of murder relating to the death of his wife’s boyfriend. He pled guilty to a charge of second degree murder and was sentenced to a term of ten to eleven years imprisonment. No appeal was ever taken from the judgment of conviction or the sentence.

Robertson began these proceedings by filing a petition for post-conviction relief with the trial court pursuant to 17 A.R.S., Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 32! He received appointed counsel who filed additional pleadings. The trial court determined that an evidentiary…