Russell v. Pope

hRoy Lee Russell filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus in this court in which he alleges that the Honorable Sam Pope, Circuit Judge, has failed to timely provide a ruling on a pro se petition for postconviction relief under Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2014) that Russell filed in Desha County Circuit Court on September 11, 2014. The circuit court previously denied the petition for lack of jurisdiction, but, on December 11, 2014, this court reversed and remanded because the order did not provide a basis for the circuit court’s finding that it did not have jurisdiction to…