Wood v. State

| Appellant, Howard Wood, entered a guilty plea to one count of sexual assault in the first degree and was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment. On October 7, 2013, pursuant to Rule 37.1 .of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure (2013), Wood filed a petition for postconviction relief. On January 10, 2014, without holding a hearing, the circuit court denied Wood’s petition.

From the circuit court’s January 10, 2014 order denying his Rule 37.1 petition, Wood appeals.1 In his appeal, Wood contends that the circuit court erred in denying his petition |2because: (1) defense counsel was…