Clark v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

Based upon a negotiated plea, appellant pled guilty to eight counts of theft by receiving. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-2206 (Repl. 1977). The court sentenced him to ten years on each charge with the sentences to run concurrently and ordered that he serve one-third of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole. However, the sentences in four of the eight charges were suspended. This appeal results from denial of appellant’s Rule 37 petition, after an evidentiary hearing, challenging the voluntariness of his negotiated plea.

Appellant alleged in his petition he had discovered…