Reedy v. Wright

By Judge Clifford R. Weckstein

*19In 1988, Davey James Reedy was convicted of the arson-murders of his four-year-old daughter and two-year-old son and of arson of the home in which they were sleeping. His convictions were affirmed. More than eleven and a half years later, he filed a petition for writ of coram nobis and, six months later, a petition for writ of habeas corpus. In these collateral attacks on his convictions, he asks that the state be ordered to retry or free him.

These are the issues in this case.

The habeas corpus petition is barred by the statute of limitations. Does Reedy’s claim…