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Raymond E. Thomas
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Raymond E. Thomas
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Raymond E. Thomas, self-represented
Attorney for the Appellee
Thomas J. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Samantha J. Gronewald, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Mullins, P.J., Greer, J., and Potterfield, S.J. Opinion by Potterfield, S.J. (5 pages)
Raymond Thomas’s third application for postconviction relief (PCR)—filed more than eleven years after procedendo issued on his direct appeal—was dismissed as time-barred. Thomas argues an exception to the statute of limitations saves his application so the district court was wrong to dismiss. OPINION HOLDS: Because Thomas has not established an exception to the statute of limitations to save his third PCR application, we affirm the district court’s dismissal.
