Ricky Roberts v. State of Arkansas

Cite as

2023 Ark. App. 502

ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION I No. CR-23-82 Opinion Delivered November 1, 2023 RICKY ROBERTS APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE POPE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT V. [NO. 58CR-22-193] STATE OF ARKANSAS HONORABLE JAMES DUNHAM, APPELLEE JUDGE REVERSED AND REMANDED MIKE MURPHY, Judge Ricky Roberts appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 37.1 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure (2021). On appeal, Roberts contends the trial court erred in concluding it did not have jurisdiction due to a lack of an explicit assertion…