Sanders v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

William A. Sanders filed for post-conviction relief approximately two years after the completion of an unsuccessful direct appeal. The post-conviction court denied the petition on grounds of laches and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Sanders, acting pro se, now appeals his denial of post-conviction relief. We hold that the post-conviction court erred in finding that Sanders waited an unreasonable length of time to file his petition.

Background

A jury found Sanders guilty of murder and attempted murder, and the Court of Appeals affirmed Sanders’s convictions on direct appeal in…