Hogan v. State

NEUMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from the district court’s summary dismissal of Michael Hogan’s petition for postconviction relief. The district court determined that the action was filed beyond the three-year limitation period of Iowa Code section 663A.3 (1989) and that no circumstances existed to waive the time bar. We affirm.

On January 25, 1971, Michael Hogan entered a plea of guilty to the charge of manslaughter. Following sentencing, Hogan served time in the Iowa Men’s Reformatory and was discharged from parole in 1974.

In July 1984, the Iowa Legislature amended the postconviction relief…