Johnson v. Kelley

Appellant Eric Johnson appeals the circuit court's dismissal of his pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In 2011, Johnson pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and first-degree battery and was sentenced to an aggregate term of 540 months' imprisonment. Johnson alleged in his habeas petition that his sentence was illegal because the trial court failed to pronounce sentence in open court at the conclusion of the plea hearing in violation of Arkansas Code Annotated section 16-90-106(d) (Repl. 2006). Johnson's brief-in-chief was tendered to this court, but it was not filed…