JOE PERRY, JR. v. STATE OF ARKANSAS

| Appellant Joe Perry, Jr., who is currently incarcerated at a unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction located in Jefferson County, filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Chicot County Circuit Court.1 Perry filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated sections 16-112-101 to -123 (Repl. 2016). The circuit court denied the habeas petition, finding Perry’s petition contained no allegations that his judgment-and-commitment order imposed an illegal sentence or was invalid on its face, or that the trial court lacked jurisdiction. Perry has…