Riggins v. State

David Newbern, Justice.

Sean Riggins appeals from denial of his request for postconviction relief sought pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37. Mr. Riggins was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to fifty years’ imprisonment on July 20, 1993. We affirmed his conviction in an opinion delivered on September 12, 1994. Riggins v. State, 317 Ark. 636, 882 S.W.2d 664 (1994). Mr. Riggins sought postconviction relief on the ground that his counsel failed to communicate to him an offer by the State of a plea agreement pursuant to which the State would have recommended a sentence of fifteen years’…