Wadel v. State

VICTOR C. HOWARD, JUDGE

Christopher Wadel appeals the Bates County Circuit Court judgment denying his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. His three points on appeal claim the trial court clearly erred in denying his motion. The State argues that Wadel’s pro se motion for post-conviction relief was not timely. This court agrees. The motion court’s judgment is vacated, and this case is remanded with instructions to dismiss Wadel’s post-conviction motion.

In December 2011, Wadel was convicted of two counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree, one count of statutory rape in the first…