Maxfield v. State

SWANSTROM, Judge.

In 1981 Cyrus Maxfield, a naturopathic physician, was convicted by a jury on twenty-one counts ranging from possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver to involuntary manslaughter. Maxfield then entered a plea of guilty to a charge of being a persistent violator of the law. He was sentenced on all twenty-one counts, but he appealed only the manslaughter conviction.

On July 17, 1981, while his appeal was still pending, Maxfield filed a petition for post-conviction relief in district court. He alleged solely that his “conviction[s] and incarceration were unlawful…