The Idaho Court of Appeals subsequently affirmed Martinez's convictions and sentence. See State v. Martinez, 122 Idaho 193, 832 P.2d 764 (Ct.App. 1992). On June 21, 1995, Martinez filed in Idaho trial court a petition for post-conviction relief under Idaho's Uniform Post-Conviction Procedure Act, Idaho Code ยง 19-4901 et seq.
The judgment of conviction and sentences were affirmed by this Court in July 1992. State v. Martinez, 122 Idaho 193, 832 P.2d 764 (Ct.App. 1992). According to Martinez's allegations, in December 1992, Idaho correctional authorities transferred him to a California state prison to serve his Idaho sentences under an interstate compact regarding the housing of prisoners.