Leach v. State

pin 2000, appellant Howard Lee Leach entered a plea of guilty in the Washington County Circuit Court to violating the terms of his suspended sentences for seven counts of first-degree forgery in case nos. 72CR-96-1752 and 72CR-97-973. He also entered a plea of guilty to one count of first-degree sexual abuse in ease no. 72CR-99-1853. An aggregate sentence for the eight offenses of 420 months’ imprisonment was imposed.

In 2016, Leach filed in the trial court in case no. 72CR-99-1853 two pro se pleadings and a letter that he entitled a “Statement to the Court.” The first pleading was a petition…