ALEX v. STATE

No. A-10101.

210 P.3d 1225 (2009)

Timothy G. ALEX, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

June 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Lowery, Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Michael Sean McLaughlin, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and BOLGER, Judges.


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

In this case, we are asked to construe a clause of the statute of limitations that governs petitions for post-conviction relief. According to AS 12.72.020(a)(3)(A), if a criminal defendant is convicted and then unsuccessfully appeals their conviction, any subsequent petition for post-conviction relief must be filed within "one year after the [appellate] court's decision is final under the Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure...

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