Winward v. State

Justice PARRISH,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

11 Petitioner Shannon Glenn Winward appeals the dismissal of his first petition for post-conviction relief. The district court dismissed Mr. Winward's petition as procedurally barred under the Post-Conviction Remedies Act's (PCRA's) one-year statute of limitations because he filed his petition more than ten years after the required date. Mr. Winward argues that applying the one-year statute of limitations to his petition violates the Utah Constitution under the "egregious injustice" exception that this court announced in Gardner v. State, 2010…