Ewells v. State

bln 2007, appellant Damont Ewells was found guilty by a jury of two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and sentenced as a habitual offender to an aggregate term of 756 months’ imprisonment. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed. Ewells v. State, 2010 Ark. App. 43, 2010 WL 135217.

In 2010, appellant filed in the trial court a verified, timely pro se petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2007). The petition was denied. Appellant lodged an appeal here, which was disinissed on the grounds that it was clear from…