Pitts v. State

The petitioner, Willie David Pitts, pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. This is an appeal from the denial of the petitioner's request for post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 32, A.R.Crim.P.

In his Rule 32 petition, the petitioner presented several grounds for relief. The state moved to summarily dismiss the petition. Without an evidentiary hearing, the circuit court dismissed the petition on the grounds that the petition was not sufficiently specific, that it failed to state a claim, that no material issue of fact or law existed that would entitle the…