Davis v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseIn 1999, Appellant pleaded guilty to multiple felony offenses and was sentenced to 564 months' imprisonment. In 2012, Appellant filed a pro se petition to correct an illegal sentence, contending that, inter alia, he was denied his due-process and equal-protection rights, and he was not afforded effective assistance of counsel. After holding that the petition amounted to an untimely petition for postconviction relief, the trial court denied the petition. Appellant lodged an appeal and sought leave to file a belated brief-in-chief. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and declared the motion moot, holding (1) most of Appellant's claims were cognizable in a Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1 petition; (2) to the extent that any of Appellant's claims were not cognizable under Rule 37.1, the claims did not allege the type of error required to support a claim of an illegal sentence; and (3) Appellant's petition was untimely filed under either Rule 37.1 or Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111.
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