Terry B. Potts v. State of Arkansas

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT  No.  CR 08­104  Opinion Delivered  March 6, 2008  PRO SE MOTION FOR BELATED  APPEAL [CIRCUIT COURT OF  PULASKI COUNTY, CR 2005­2183,  HON. JOHN W. LANGSTON, JUDGE]  TERRY B. POTTS  Petitioner  v.  MOTION DENIED.  STATE OF ARKANSAS  Respondent  PER CURIAM  Now before us is petitioner Terry B. Pott’s pro se motion for belated appeal pursuant to Ark.  R. App. P.–Crim. 2(e) seeking to  proceed with the  appeal  of the trial court’s order denying his  petition pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1.  We need not consider petitioner’s reasons for failing to  perfect the appeal because it is clear that petitioner could not prevail on appeal.  Johnson v. State, 362  Ark. 453, 208 S.W.3d 783 (2005) (per curiam).  If an appeal was taken from the judgment of conviction, a petition under Rule 37.1 must be  filed in the trial court within sixty days of the date the mandate was issued by the appellate court.  Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.2(c).  Here, the mandate was issued by the Arkansas Court of Appeals on April  10, 2007, and petitioner’s Rule 37.1 petition was filed on July 17, 2007, which was ninety­eight days  after the mandate was issued.  Time limitations imposed in Rule 37.2(c) are jurisdictional in nature,  and if they are not met, a trial court lacks jurisdiction to consider a Rule 37.1 petition.  Maxwell v.  State, 298 Ark. 329, 767 S.W.2d 303 (1989).  Motion denied.

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