Rounsaville v. State
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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT
No.
CR 09-124
Opinion Delivered
May 14, 2009
APPELLEE STATE’S MOTION TO
DISMISS APPEAL [CIRCUIT COURT
OF PULASKI COUNTY, CR 2006-964,
HON. WILLARD PROCTOR, JR.,
JUDGE]
JOE FRANCIS ROUNSAVILLE
Appellant
v.
STATE OF ARKANSAS
Appellee
MOTION GRANTED; APPEAL
DISMISSED.
PER CURIAM
In 2006, appellant Joe Francis Rounsaville was found guilty by a jury of rape, kidnapping and
third-degree domestic battering. The trial court merged the battering conviction into the felony
convictions for rape and kidnapping, and appellant was sentenced to an aggregate term of 120
months’ imprisonment. We affirmed. Rounsaville v. State, 372 Ark. 252, 273 S.W.3d 486 (2008).
Subsequently, appellant timely filed in the trial court a verified pro se petition for
postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1. The trial court denied
the petition after conducting two hearings on the matter, and appellant has lodged a pro se appeal
here from the order.
Appellant was advised that his brief-in-chief was due here March 18, 2009. He has not filed
a brief nor has he sought leave to file a belated brief. The appellee State now asks that the appeal
be dismissed for appellant’s failure to pursue the appeal. The motion is granted pursuant to Arkansas
Supreme Court Rule 4-5.
Motion granted; appeal dismissed.
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