Smith v. State

Petitioner Larry Gene Smith was found guilty by a jury of two counts of aggravated robbery and sentenced to consecutive terms of 20 years imprisonment on each count. We affirmed. Smith v. State, 277 Ark. 403, 642 S.W.2d 299 (1982). Petitioner now seeks permission to proceed in circuit court for postconviction relief pursuant to A.R.Cr.P. Rule 37.

Petitioner first contends that he should not have been convicted of two aggravated robberies because both robberies grew out of one criminal episode. Although both crimes were committed in the same place and at nearly the same time, there were two…