Payton v. State

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the court:

¶ 1. In 1970, Freddie Payton was convicted of the forcible rape of an eleven-year-old child, a- crime committed when Payton was fifteen years of age. Payton pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Payton was paroled in 1984. But he was rearrested in 1986, and his parole was revoked. Payton was then recommitted to custody.

¶ 2. Payton has filed at least two motions for post-conviction collateral relief *74(“PCR”). The first PCR motion was filed in 1987, and the second PCR motion was filed in 1992. Both PCR motions were either denied or dismissed by the…