Legal Opinion

Elwood v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 14, 1988No. CR 88-42PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

David Newbern, Justice.

The appellant, Aubrey Dean Elwood, appeals from denial of post-conviction relief. He contends a condition of his plea of guilty to theft was that his sentence would be served concurrently with any sentence he received on charges pending in Oklahoma. The trial court agreed with that condition but notified Elwood that it had no control over what the Oklahoma court might do. Apparently the Oklahoma court chose not to proceed against Elwood, and he is serving his Arkansas prison sentence in Arkansas rather than in Oklahoma as he had hoped to do. He filed a pro se petition…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Mabry v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Snelgrove v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
  4. Wiser v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1974

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
  2. Mobbs v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991

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