Alston v. State

JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), J.

The petitioner, Curtis Winded Alston, was convicted of first degree murder and related offenses. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole for first degree murder and lesser terms for the other offenses. In an action under the Postconviction Procedure Act, the postconviction trial court vacated Alston’s convictions and sentences and granted him a new trial. The State filed no application for leave to appeal the postconviction trial court’s judgment. Forty-four days after the entry of the final judgment in the postconviction case, the…