Barton v. State

According to the pro se motion for belated appeal before us, petitioner Robert L. Barton filed a pro se petition for postconviction relief under Rule 37 in the trial court. It was denied. The trial court notified petitioner of the denial by letter dated April 28, 1982. The trial court also advised him by letter dated May 5,1982, that his next option was to proceed to the Supreme Court. Nevertheless, “through ignorance of the law,” he sought federal habeas corpus relief rather than filing a notice of appeal to this Court. When the federal court denied relief on the ground that he had failed to…