Mason v. Kelley (Majority)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant stated no ground on which the writ could issue.
Appellant was convicted of aggravated robbery, theft of property, and second-degree battery and sentenced as a habitual offender to an aggregate term of 660 months' imprisonment. The court of appeals affirmed. Appellant later petitioned for writ of habeas corpus, asserting that the trial court misapplied Arkansas's habitual-offender statutes. The circuit court dismissed the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the issues Appellant raised in his petition for the writ should have been raised at trial, on direct appeal, or in a petition for postconviction relief.
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