Michael Miller v. State

¶1 Appellant Michael Miller (Miller) appeals from the order of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, dismissing his postconviction relief petition. We affirm.

¶2 The sole issue is whether the District Court erred by dismissing the petition.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 Miller was convicted of the deliberate homicide of his brother-in-law, Lamar Windham (Windham), after a jury trial. Miller appealed, and we affirmed his conviction. State v. Miller, 2009 MT 314N, 352 Mont. 553, 218 P.3d 500 (table). The facts of the case are detailed in that opinion, and we review only those…