James Nelson Eng. v. State

Appellant James England filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Rule 37.1 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure (2016) on July 7, 2016, and with leave of the Pulaski County Circuit Court, he filed an amended petition for relief, which was denied on March 29, 2017, without a hearing. England filed a motion to reconsider, clarify, and preserve, but the circuit court denied that motion by order filed on April 26, 2017, also without a hearing. England argues that the circuit court committed reversible error in denying his amended petition without holding an evidentiary…