Opinion ID: 2353039
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Ashby v. State

Text: [¶ 7] On June 26, 2001, Everett Ashby pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter (Class A), 17-A M.R.S.A. § 203(1)(A) (Supp.1998), for conduct that occurred on August 20, 1998. [2] On the date of the conviction, pursuant to the plea agreement, Ashby was sentenced to thirty-five years, with all but twenty years suspended and probation for six years. Ashby did not appeal either the conviction or the sentence. [¶ 8] In November 2005, Ashby filed a petition for post-conviction review in the Superior Court contending that the court did not have jurisdiction to impose a sentence of twenty years. In January 2006, the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Wheeler, J. ) summarily dismissed the petition reasoning that the appeal was time-barred. Ashby then filed a request for a certificate of probable cause with us. Following the request, the procedural history of Ashby's case merged with Carmichael's case.