State v. Gum

OPINION

WINTHROP, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Petitioner Edward Harry Gum seeks review of the trial court’s order denying post-conviction relief. For the reasons that follow, we grant review but deny relief. We hold that, because the statute of limitations in effect at the time of the commission of Gum’s acts had not expired when the legislature extended the statute of limitations, Gum’s prosecution was not time-barred.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2 On September 14, 1991, two young women were sexually assaulted at gunpoint. The ordeal lasted almost an hour, during which time the victims were forced…