Thomas v. State

A judgment and commitment order entered February 4, 2000, indicates that a jury found petitioner Michael Lamont Thomas guilty of rape and sentenced him to 480 months’ imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment. Thomas v. State, CACR 00-643 (Ark. App. January 23, 2002). In 2004, petitioner filed in the trial court a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Act 1780 of2001. That petition was denied, and this court dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Thomas v. State, CR 05-934 (Ark. May 18, 2006) (per curiam).