Williams v. Langston

Petitioner was convicted by a jury of capital felony murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. We affirmed. Williams v. State, 260 Ark. 457, 541 S. W.2d 300 (1976). In 1976, petitioner filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Criminal Procedure Rule 37 which was denied. He was allowed to file a second Rule 37 petition in 1979 because his original petition presented only conclusory allegations. This petition was also denied. We denied a third petition for postconviction relief in 1981.

Petitioner has now filed a petition for writ of mandamus, asking this…