Smith v. State

| iThis case involves an appeal from a denied petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1. Appeals from denied Rule 37 petitions are assigned to this court by the text of the Rule itself. See Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.3(b) (“If a petition on which the petitioner was represented by counsel is denied, counsel shall continue to represent the petitioner for an appeal to the Supreme Court, unless relieved as counsel by the circuit court or the Supreme Court.”). For reversal, appellant Roy Smith contends that the circuit court erred in finding that his…