State v. Manees

George Howard, Jr., Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Arkansas which presents two issues of interest. The first question may be appropriately framed as:

After a defendant-inmate has commenced serving his sentence in the Department of Correction, does the trial court, which imposed the sentence, have jurisdiction to modify its judgment ?

The second question may be properly stated as follows:

Where a trial court grants relief under a post-conviction petition filed by an inmate-petitioner, is the trial court duty bound to make formal findings of fact and conclusions of law graphically…