Hamilton v. State

In 1993 appellant Michael Thomas Hamilton was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of ten years imprisonment. We affirmed. Hamilton v. State, 320 Ark. 346, 896 S.W.2d 877 (1995). The mandate of this court was issued on May 19, 1995. On August 1, 1995, seventy-four days after the mandate was issued, appellant filed in the trial court a petition for reduction of sentence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-111 (b) (1) (Supp. 1993). The petition was denied, and the record has been lodged on appeal. The appellee seeks by motion to have the appeal dismissed on the ground that the…