Thomas v. State

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Forrest Thomas pleaded guilty in the Washington County Circuit Court to manslaughter and kidnapping. Thomas had killed his ex-wife and kidnapped their two children. His ex-wife had custody of the children, and an active restraining order was on file against Thomas at the time. Thomas was sentenced to serve twenty *1048years on the manslaughter conviction and fifteen years on the kidnapping conviction, with the kidnapping sentence to run consecutively to the manslaughter sentence. Thomas timely filed his motion for post-conviction relief. The trial…