Nicastro v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of three petitions filed by Michael Angelo Nicastro pursuant to Rule 32, A.R.Crim.P., requesting relief from two 1975 convictions and one 1982 conviction. The circuit court dismissed all three petitions without an evidentiary hearing, stating that they were not filed within the time established by Rule 32.2(c), A.R.Crim.P.

On October 6, 1975, the petitioner pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary and was sentenced to four years and six months' imprisonment. The petitioner, on December 1, 1975, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a controlled substance and…