Cox v. State

772 S.W.2d 336 (1989)

299 Ark. 312

Terry COX, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 88-157.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 3, 1989.

John Wesley Hall, Jr., Craig Lambert, Little Rock, for appellant.

C. Kent Joliff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HOLT, Chief Justice.

In September 1987 appellant Terry Cox entered a plea of guilty to the charge of first degree murder. In March 1988 he filed a Rule 37 petition with the circuit court alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Relief was denied. From that order comes this appeal. We affirm.

Cox raises two points concerning the…