Cornell v. State

CADY, Judge.

This is another appeal in the long-standing efforts by Robert Cornell to overturn his conviction for the 1976 first-degree murder of Kenneth Crow. He seeks review from the summary dismissal by the district court of a petition for postconviction relief. The district court found Cornell failed to file the petition within the statutory three-year period of limitation, despite having knowledge of the factual basis for the claims raised in the petition prior to the expiration of the limitation period. The findings of the district court were judicially noticed from an earlier federal…