Williams v. State

The petitioner Garry Williams was convicted of rape, kidnapping, burglary, and two counts of second degree battery. He was sentenced to twenty years for rape and to five years for each of the other crimes, all to be served concurrently. He appealed the rape conviction, arguing that there was insufficient evidence of rape. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed without reaching the issue since the petitioner’s attorney had failed to raise the sufficiency of the evidence at trial. Williams v. State, 24 Ark. App. 118, 748 S.W.2d 355 (1988). The petitioner now seeks permission to proceed in…