Cloird v. State

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

Petitioner Gary Cloird, stice. Makkali and Simba Kali, was convicted in the Jefferson County Circuit Court of the crimes of rape and theft of property, which occurred on January 25, 1992, and was sentenced to a total of thirty-five years’ imprisonment. This court affirmed his convictions and sentence in Cloird v. State, 314 Ark. 296, 862 S.W.2d 211 (1993) (Cloird I). Following our decision, Cloird filed a petition for postconviction relief in the trial court, pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37. The trial court dismissed the petition on the ground that it was untimely,…