Bolling v. State

LaCarl Bolling, the appellant, was convicted in 1988 of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, and burglary in the first degree. He was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to imprisonment for life without parole in each case. There was no direct appeal of those convictions. In 1992, the appellant filed a petition for post-conviction relief. The circuit court denied the petition but granted the appellant permission to file an "out-of-time" appeal. The appellant raises two issues on this "out-of-time" appeal of his conviction.

I

The appellant argues that the trial court erred…