Ransom v. State

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

Appellant, John Lee Ransom, was charged by information with first degree murder, but subsequently entered a plea of guilty to the crime of second degree murder and was sentenced to 21 years confinement in the Arkansas Department of Correction, the maximum sentence that could be imposed. Thereafter, Ransom filed a petition under the provisions of Criminal Procedure Rule I, alleging various grounds for relief; however, at the hearing held on April 10, 1974, appellant abandoned all allegations except one, viz., that as a matter of right, 5 l/2 months spent in…