Larry Davis v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

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2023 Ark. 119

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CV-23-98 LARRY DAVIS Opinion Delivered: September 21, 2023 PETITIONER V. PRO SE PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS DEXTER PAYNE, DIRECTOR, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION [CHICOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, NO. RESPONDENT 09CV-21-93] PETITION GRANTED. KAREN R. BAKER, Associate Justice Petitioner Larry Davis pleaded guilty to theft of property in 2019 in the Pulaski County Circuit Court, and he was sentenced as a habitual offender to sixty months’ imprisonment.1 Davis subsequently sought postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal…