Newton v. State

hln 2011, appellant Arthur Lee Newton whs found guilty by a jury in the Drew County Circuit Court of sexual indecency with a child and sexual assault in the second degree. He was sentenced to an aggregate term of 288 months’ imprisonment. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed. Newton v. State, 2012 Ark. App. 91, 2012 WL 206967. The mandate issued on February 15, 2012.

On July 9, 2012, appellant filed in the trial court a pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2011). In the petition, appellant alleged that he was entitled to relief…