OPINION
Justice SCHOSTOK delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.
¶ 1 At issue in this appeal is whether, when a defendant withdraws a postconviction petition and files a subsequent one more than one year later and beyond the limitations period, the refiled petition is to be treated as a new original petition where the trial court denies the defendant's motion to refile or reinstate the petition. We deem that it is not. Thus, we affirm.
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