Burnett v. State

Appellant Ross Lamar Burnett, Sr., was convicted of capital murder. This court affirmed the judgment. Burnett v. State, CR 02-336 (Ark. June 26, 2003) (per curiam). Appellant filed in the trial court a petition for postconviction relief under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37, which was denied. Following the denial of the Rule 37 petition, counsel for appellant, John W. Cone, presented a no-merit brief to this court and requested permission to withdraw as counsel. This court found that the brief and record submitted by Cone were deficient and inadequate for our review, Burnett v. State, CR 07-683 (Ark.…