Purifoy v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseIn 1996, Appellant pled guilty to multiple felony offenses. An aggregate sentence of 720 months' imprisonment was imposed. In 2012, Appellant filed a pro se petition to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111. The trial court denied the petition, holding that the petition amounted to an untimely petition for postconviction relief under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1. Appellant appealed and filed two motions related to the appeal. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and declared the motions moot, holding that whether the petition was one under Rule 37.1 or under the statute, it was not timely filed, and the trial court did not therefore err in denying it.
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