Meek v. Arkansas (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAppellant Rusty Meek pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine and hydrocodone) with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to use. He was sentenced as a habitual offender and received a 240-month sentence with an additional 120-month suspended imposition of sentence. Appellant appealed pro se to the circuit court. The circuit court denied the petition and motion for production of the trial transcript at public expense. Appellant then appealed that denial, but did not tender the proper notice to the Supreme Court. He then filed a belated pro se motion for appeal. Because the notice of appeal was timely, the Supreme Court treated the motion as a motion for rule on clerk to perfect the appeal rather than as a motion for a belated appeal. Finding that Appellant could not prevail on his original motion, the Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's decision to dismiss Appellant's petition.
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