Hallman v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's petition seeking to proceed in the trial court with a petition under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, in which he would challenge a judgment reflecting his sentence of life imprisonment without parole for capital murder, holding that Petitioner failed to set out a meritorious basis for relief under Rule 37.1.
The judgment challenged by Petitioner was entered in 1978. In his petition, Petitioner alleged seven bases for grounds for Rule 37 relief, all framed as claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. The Supreme Court denied relief, holding that Petitioner failed to set forth meritorious grounds for postconviction relief under the Rule that may be included in the proposed petition. Therefore, the Court held, there was no need to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court.
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