Barber v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAppellant entered a negotiated plea of guilty to murder in the first degree and was sentenced to 480 months’ imprisonment. Appellant subsequently filed a pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, alleging that his trial counsel was ineffective for, among other things, not advising him that he would not be eligible for parole until he had served seventy percent of his sentence. The trial court denied Appellant’s petition after an evidentiary hearing. The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal and mooted the motion Appellant filed asking for counsel to be appointed to represent him, holding that the trial court did not err in denying relief on Appellant’s claims.
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