Salam v. State

For the reasons set out in Salam v. State, 300 Ark. 630, 781 S.W.2d 30 (1989), we remanded this case so the trial court could conduct an evidentiary hearing concerning whether the petitioner had waived his right to appeal his November 19,1981 conviction for attempted rape. The trial court has conducted its hearing and from the testimony elicited at that hearing, it found the petitioner had requested his counsel to appeal the November 19,1981 conviction, but for no good cause, the appeal was not perfected. The trial court further concluded that the petitioner never waived his right to appeal.

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