In re Edwin A. Towne, Jr.

¶ 1. Petitioner Edwin A. Towne, Jr. appeals in this consolidated case from the dismissal of two petitions for post-conviction relief (PCR), his tenth and eleventh such petitions. Because his various claims are either successive, an abuse of the writ, or outside the scope of the PCR statute, we affirm.

¶ 2. This somewhat complex appeal requires an understanding of petitioner's past history of PCR petitions; the two PCR petitions on appeal in this case; our law concerning successive petitions and abuse of the writ, respectively; the potential implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2012…