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FINCH v. STATE

736 A.2d 1043 (1999)

1999 ME 108

David FINCH v. STATE of Maine.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 9, 1999.

As Corrected September 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne Kroll (orally), Rockland, for the Defendant.

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Charles K. Leadbetter, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, for the State.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, and ALEXANDER, JJ.

SAUFLEY, J.

[¶ 1] David Finch appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Studstrup, J.) summarily dismissing, as untimely, his petition for post-conviction review. Finch contends that the one-year grace period established by 15 M.R.S.A. § 2128 (Supp.1998), which enacted a one-year statute of limitations for filing petitions for post-conviction review, was insufficient to protect his right to due process. We affirm.

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