Williams v. State

Petitioner was convicted by a jury of capital felony murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. We affirmed, Williams v. State, 260 Ark. 457, 541 S.W. 2d 300 (1976). In 1976, petitioner filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Criminal Procedure Rule 37 which was denied. He was allowed to file a second Rule 37 petition in 1979 because his original petition presented only conclusory allegations. This petition was also denied.

Petitioner now seeks a transcript at public expense. The motion for transcript is denied. Since a motion for transcript is a petition…