McKinnon v. Norris

Russell McKinnon was convicted of rape of an eleven year old and was sentenced as an habitual offender to forty years’ imprisonment. We affirmed. McKinnon v. State, 287 Ark. 1, 695 S.W.2d 826 (1985). After the judgment of conviction was affirmed, McKinnon sought leave from this court to proceed in the trial court with a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule 37.1. We denied the petition. McKinnon v. State, CR 85-81 (Ark. Sept. 15, 1986) (per curiam).

McKinnon, an inmate at the Arkansas Department of Correction (“ADC”), received a “disciplinary” for violation of…