Millsap v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition and amended petition to correct an illegal sentence under Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding that Appellant did not establish that his sentence was illegal.
Appellant plead guilty to capital murder, first-degree terroristic threatening, and second-degree battery. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder conviction. In this petition, Appellant argued that his sentence of life without parole was (1) illegal on its face because Ark. Code Ann. 16-89-108(b) provides that in cases in which the death penalty has been waived punishment could not be fixed at more than life imprisonment, and (2) was facially illegal because he signed the plea agreement before he entered his guilty plea but he did not initial each item on the agreement. The circuit court denied relief. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant's sentence was a legal sentence.
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