Coleman v. State

Robert Coleman challenges the trial court’s denial of his posteonviction motion which the court found to be untimely. Of the myriad issues he raises, many are untimely and others are without merit in any circumstance. One, however, should have been raised in a motion to correct sentence which has no time limits and, based on Coleman’s unrefuted representations, may entitle him to relief.

In 1991 Coleman entered a plea to a variety of sexual offenses and was placed on long term supervision. Two subsequent violations of that supervision resulted in sentences being imposed totaling twenty years.…