Sanders v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseIn 2012, a judgment of conviction was entered against Appellant for two counts of capital murder committed in 1989. The Supreme Court affirmed. Seventy-eight days after the mandate had issued, Appellant filed a pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1 challenging the judgment. The trial court dismissed the petition, concluding that it was not timely filed. Appellant appealed. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding that because the petition was not timely filed, the trial court had no jurisdiction to grant the relief sought, and as such, the appellate court also lacked jurisdiction.
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