Banks

Summary

The Court affirmed the denial of consolidated post-conviction motions filed by defendants who had pleaded guilty to illegal-substance possession offenses. It held that twenty-seven motions were untimely under Rule 61 and that all motions failed on the merits because the defendants knowingly and voluntarily pleaded guilty, did not assert actual innocence, and did not establish an unjust conviction. The opinion also noted that many defendants pleaded guilty before the medical examiner's office conducted testing in their cases.