Watson v. State

The petitioner Raymond Watson was convicted of three counts of receiving stolen property and one count of possession of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment on each count of receiving stolen property and to ten years for the possession charge for a total of nineteen years imprisonment. His convictions were affirmed on appeal in Watson v. State, 291 Ark. 358, 724 S.W.2d 478 (1987). The petitioner now seeks permission to proceed in circuit court pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule 37.

The petitioner alleges that to convict him of three counts of theft by receiving…