Driver v. State

OPINION

BARTEAU, Senior Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Petitioner-Appellant Karl Driver appeals the trial court’s denial of his Verified Motion to Vacate Judgment. We affirm.

ISSUE

Driver raises one issue, which we restate as: whether the trial abused its discretion by denying Driver’s motion.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 2000, a jury convicted Driver of murder. He appealed his conviction, and our Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s judgment. See Driver v. State, 760 N.E.2d 611, 613 (Ind.2002).

Next, Driver filed a petition for post-conviction relief. Attorney Philip J. Sko-dinski represented…