Urquhart v. State

Petitioner Curtis Urquhart was convicted by a jury of rape and sentenced to forty years imprisonment and a $4,000 fine. He was also convicted of burglary in the same proceeding and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. The terms were ordered served consecutively. We affirmed. Urquhart v. State, 273 Ark. 486, 621 S.W. 2d 218 (1981). Petitioner now seeks permission to proceed in circuit court for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Criminal Procedure Rule 37.

Petitioner Urquhart was identified by a deaf woman as the man who broke into her apartment on the night of July 17, 1980, and…