Bell v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAppellant was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. The Supreme Court affirmed in 1997. In 2010, Appellant filed in the trial court a petition for recall and for resentencing seeking resentencing based on the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Graham v. Florida. The trial court denied the petition, and the Supreme Court affirmed. In 2015, Appellant filed a pro se petition to correct sentence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, once again contending that the sentence imposed on him was illegal. The trial court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the petition did not state a basis for relief under the statute because he did not demonstrate in the petition that the sentence imposed on him was illegal.
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