Johnson v. State

The appellant Robert Eugene Johnson was convicted on January 15, 1988, of burglary and misdemeanor theft of property. He was sentenced as an habitual offender to thirty years imprisonment. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Johnson v. State, 26 Ark. App. 220, 762 S.W.2d 804 (1989). The mandate was issued on January 31, 1989. On May 8, 1990, appellant filed a petition to correct sentence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-111 (1987), alleging that the sentence imposed on him was illegal because it was not ordered served consecutively to sentences imposed for prior felony convictions. The trial…