Felty v. State

bln 2015, appellant David Felty was found guilty of capital felony murder and sentenced as a habitual offender to life imprisonment without parole. We affirmed. Felty v. State, 2016 Ark. 65, 482 S.W.3d 715.

On May 5, 2016, Felty timely filed in the trial court a verified pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2015). Felty’s petition did not comply with the requirements of Rule 37.1(b), which provides that a petition under Rule 37 must meet certain procedural requirements, including limits on the width of margins, the number of lines per…