Smith v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Petitioner was found guilty of two counts of rape for engaging in sexual intercourse with two girls under the age of fourteen. The judgment was affirmed on appeal. After Petitioner unsuccessfully sought postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, Petitioner filed a pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, alleging claims pertaining to inconsistent statements made by the victims. The petition was denied. Petitioner then filed this second coram-nobis petition, repeating the claims for relief alleged in the first petition. The Supreme Court denied relief, holding that, as with the original petition, Petitioner failed to state a ground for the writ to issue.
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