Edward Dawson v. State of Indiana

The trial court’s final, appealable order revoking Dawson’s probation and ordering him to serve six years in the Department of Correction was entered in April 2009. Some eight months later, the trial court granted Dawson permission to file a belated notice of appeal pursuant to Post-Conviction Rule 2.

The rule allows belated appeals in certain criminal cases. 1 A threshold question in this appeal is whether Post-Conviction Rule 2 allows belated appeals from an order revoking probation. The Court of Appeals held that the rule did not apply and declined to consider Dawson’s appeal on the merits.…