Garrett v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for post-conviction relief. The appellant, Douglas Garrett, aided by retained counsel, challenges his 1990 conviction for rape in the second degree, alleging that "he was denied effective assistance of counsel and [that he] was not convicted by a unanimous jury of his peers." C.R. 2.

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We conclude that the petition for postconviction relief was not barred by the two-year period of limitations of Rule 32.2(c), A.R.Crim.P.

The appellant was convicted on January 3, 1990. That conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. Garrett v.State, 580 So.2d 58…