IN RE LAWS

No. 2005-320.

928 A.2d 1210 (2007)

2007 VT 54

In re Richard LAWS.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 22, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison N. Fulcher of Martin & Associates, Barre, and Richard Laws, Pro Se, Beattyville, Kentucky, for Petitioner-Appellant.

William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, John Treadwell, Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, and John T. Quinn, Addison County State's Attorney, Middlebury, for Respondent-Appellee.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, JOHNSON, SKOGLUND and BURGESS, JJ.


¶ 1. BURGESS, J.

¶ 1. Petitioner appeals an order of the superior court granting summary judgment in favor of the State on his request for post-conviction relief (PCR). The superior court denied relief, concluding that under 13 V.S.A. § 7131 it did not have subject matter jurisdiction. The court also concluded, in the alternative, that all of petitioner's claims were barred because he failed to raise them in a prior PCR. We hold that the superior court...

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