Jackson v. State

A Garland County Circuit Court jury found appellant Andrew Lee Jackson guilty of two counts of rape for having sexual intercourse with two teenaged girls while serving as their youth pastor. He was sentenced to forty years' imprisonment on each count, which the circuit court ordered to be served consecutively. We affirmed those convictions on direct appeal, Jackson v. State , 2018 Ark. App. 222, 547 S.W.3d 753, and the mandate issued on April 24, 2018. Subsequently, Jackson's attorney filed in the circuit court a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal…