Smith v. State

On September 8, 1993, judgment was entered in the Circuit Court of Columbia County reflecting that Jimmy Wayne Smith had been found guilty of carnal abuse and that a suspended sentence had been revoked. Mr. Smith was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. An appeal of the judgment was not perfected. On April 11, 1994, Smith filed in the circuit court a pro se petition to correct sentence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann.§ 16-90-111 (Supp. 1993) which was denied April 19, 1994. As Rule 4 (a) of the Rules of Appellate Procedure provides that a notice of appeal must be filed within thirty days from the…