Pedraza v. Pope
Annotate this CasePetitioner filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus alleging that Hon. Sam Pope, circuit judge of the Drew County Circuit Court, failed to timely provide a ruling on Petitioner's pro se petition for postconviction relief under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, which challenged his guilty plea to first-degree murder and his subsequent sentence of life imprisonment. In his mandamus petition, Petitioner requested an order directing the judge to rule on his Rule 37.1 petition. The Supreme Court denied the petition, holding that because Judge Pope stated good cause for the delay so far, the writ was not warranted.
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