Orman v. Bishop

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

This is a sequel to Orman v. Bishop, 243 Ark. 609, 420 S.W. 2d 908. There we remanded appellant’s petition for post-conviction relief. We found that there was a question of fact as to whether appellant voluntarily changed his pleas from not guilty to guilty on five counts of robbery. Since the trial judge had not made specific findings on this point, as required by Criminal Procedure Rule I, and his testimony on this critical point was important, we directed a hearing by another judge on remand. After a hearing by a circuit judge assigned to the Pulaski Circuit Court…