Mitchell v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

On May 25,1983 Billy Earl Mitchell was convicted of four counts of aggravated robbery. As an habitual offender he was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences. He did not testify in his own behalf and at sentencing he offered no reason why sentence should not be imposed. The judgment on those convictions was unanimously affirmed by this court on December 19,1983. Mitchell v. State, 281 Ark. 112, 661 S.W.2d 390.

Mitchell now requests an evidentiary hearing on a Rule 37 petition. He contends he was in Seattle, Washington on June 1, 1982, when the robberies occurred. That…