State v. Wilmoth

Tom Glaze, Justice.

The State has appealed, or in the alternative, petitioned for a writ of certiorari, from an order of the Perry County Circuit Court dismissing three cases against appellee Lynn Wilmoth. Wilmoth was charged with rape in March of 1981; this case was given a docket number of CR81-10. A Perry County jury convicted Wilmoth of rape on February 17, 1982, and sentenced him to twenty-one years’ imprisonment. The Perry County Circuit Court entered the judgment in CR81-10 on September 16, 1982, nunc pro tunc to February 17, 1982. Wilmoth appealed his conviction to the Arkansas Court…