Smith v. State

|, In 2005, following a jury trial, appellant Ricky L. Smith was found guilty of second-degree murder 1 and sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed. Smith v. State, CACR 06-169, 2007 WL 1765540 (Ark.App. June 20, 2007) (unpublished). Appellant filed a timely petition for post-conviction relief under Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2009), and, following a hearing, that petition was denied.

Now before us is appellant’s appeal from the trial court’s May 16, 2008 order denying postconviction relief.…