Gray v. State

Appellant James Gray, Jr., appeals from the denial of a pro se petition for a writ of error coram nobis wherein he alleged that his guilty plea was not voluntarily or intelligently entered with the assistance of competent counsel. Pending before this court is Gray's motion for an extension of time to file his appellate brief. An appeal from an order that denied a petition for postconviction relief, including a petition for writ of error coram nobis, will not be permitted to go forward where it is clear that the appellant could not prevail. See Brown v. State , 2017 Ark. 232, at 2, 522 S.W.3d…