Hayes v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition to correct an illegal sentence under Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding that Appellant failed to allege that his sentence was facially illegal or that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction.
Appellant pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree sexual assault and was sentenced to 336 months' imprisonment. Appellant later filed a petition to correct an illegal sentence, but none of Appellant's claims asserted that his sentence was facially illegal or that the circuit court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction. The circuit court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not clearly err when it denied Appellant's petition to correct an illegal sentence.
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