Hoyle v. State

| following his conviction on two counts of manslaughter and one count of first-degree battery, appellant Eric Keith Hoyle sought relief under Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2011). The trial court denied his Rule 37.1 petition, and appellant has lodged an appeal in this court. Because the denial of postconviction relief was not clear error, we affirm.

After a jury trial, appellant received sentences of 120 months’ imprisonment on each of the manslaughter counts and 240 months’ imprisonment on the battery charge, for an aggregate term of 480 months’ imprisonment. This court affirmed…