Berks v. State

11Petitioner Jonathan Berks filed a motion in this court in which he requests permission to proceed with a belated appeal of the dismissal of his timely petition under Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2014). Because Berks was not provided timely notice of an order that disposed of a motion for a ruling on omitted issues, the motion is granted.

Berks’s verified Rule 37.1 petition challenged a judgment reflecting his conviction on charges of second-degree murder and aggravated residential burglary and his sentences of 360 months’ imprisonment on each charge, for an aggregate sentence of…