JIMMY SMITH v. STATE OF ARKANSAS

Petitioner Jimmy Smith was found guilty by a jury in 2006 of first-degree murder in the death of Corte Beavers. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to 720 months' imprisonment, and the Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed. Smith v. State , CR-07-277 (Ark. App. Feb. 6, 2006) (unpublished) (original docket no. CACR07-277). Smith subsequently filed in the trial court a pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2006), which was denied. Smith appealed the order of denial, and the appeal was dismissed. Smith v. State , 2010 Ark. 122 , 2010 WL…