Hill v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Petitioner was found guilty of rape, aggravated robbery, and kidnapping and sentenced to 135 years’ imprisonment. Nearly thirty years after the date of his commitment, Petitioner filed a pleading that the Supreme Court treated as a petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1. The Supreme Court subsequently dismissed the petition, holding (1) because the petition was untimely filed, Petitioner had the burden of establishing that the judgment of conviction was void; and (2) Petitioner did not establish that there was a ground sufficient to void the judgment of conviction, and therefore, Petitioner failed to meet his burden.
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