Collins v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The petitioner, Opal Collins, is before this Court appealing from the denial of her motion for discharge which was treated essentially as a petition for relief under Post-Conviction Relief, Rule 2. The sole issue presented for review is whether the denial of relief twenty-two years after the original crime has violated petitioner’s due process and equal protection rights by unfairly denying her the right to appeal.

The facts from the record show that petitioner was tried by a jury and found guilty of first-degree murder in May, 1956. The jury recommended the death penalty and…