Plessy v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAppellant was convicted of first-degree murder and committing a felony with a firearm and sentenced to 420 months’ imprisonment, including a statutory enhancement. Appellant subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, which the trial court denied. After Appellant appealed from the denial of his petition, Appellant filed a pleading titled “petition to reinvest jurisdiction,” seeking to have the Supreme Court return jurisdiction to the trial court so that he could obtain a ruling on issues not addressed in the order denying postconviction relief. The Supreme Court (1) denied the petition to reinvest jurisdiction for failing to comply with the procedural rules, and (2) dismissed Appellant’s appeal because Appellant indicated that he did not believe the appeal had merit unless he was permitted to obtain the additional rulings and because he did not file a brief in support of his appeal within the time permitted.
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