Calvin Crator v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction

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2026 Ark. 89

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CV-25-301 Opinion Delivered: April 30, 2026 CALVIN CRATOR APPELLANT PRO SE APPEAL FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT V. [NO. 35CV-24-684] DEXTER PAYNE, DIRECTOR, HONORABLE, JODI RAINES ARKANSAS DIVISION OF DENNIS, JUDGE CORRECTION APPELLEE AFFIRMED. SHAWN A. WOMACK, Associate Justice In 1966, Calvin Crator pled guilty to rape, and a Lonoke County jury sentenced him to life imprisonment. He now appeals the circuit court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus in which he alleged that his sentence was illegal under the Eighth…