GEISINGER v. STATE

No. A-11881.

334 P.3d 1241 (2014)

Byron F. GEISINGER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

September 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooke V. Berens , Assistant Public Advocate, Appeals & Statewide Defense Section, and Richard Allen , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for the Petitioner.

Kenneth M. Rosenstein , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Respondent.

Before: MANNHEIMER, Chief Judge, ALLARD, Judge, and HANLEY, District Court Judge.


OPINION

Judge HANLEY.

This petition for review raises the question of what statute of limitation applies to the filing of an application for post-conviction relief by a defendant who pursued a direct appeal of his sentence but not his conviction.

Byron F. Geisinger was convicted of several crimes after a fatal motor vehicle collision, and he was sentenced to 16½ years to serve.1 He appealed his sentence, arguing...

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