Burnside v. State

hln '2014, a Faulkner County jury convicted Matthew Burnside of raping and sexually assaulting a twelve-year-old girl. His convictions were affirmed on direct appeal by this court in 2015. Burnside v. State, 2015 Ark. App. 550, 472 S.W.3d 497. He filed a timely petition for postconviction relief in the circuit court in December 2015 pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1. The court granted Burnside’s motion to amend his petition, and he filed an amended petition in July 2016. The court entered an order denying Burnside’s petition in November 2016. No evidentiary hearing was held…