Carter v. Norris

In 1987, Sanders M. Carter was convicted by a jury of rape, aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and burglary, and was sentenced to life plus forty years’ imprisonment. We affirmed. Carter v. State, 295 Ark. 218, 748 S.W.2d 127 (1988). Appellant committed these crimes on November 18,1986. However, the judgment and commitment order listed the date of the offenses as November 18, 1987.

Subsequently, appellant filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1. The trial court denied the petition and this court affirmed. Carter v. State, CR 87-209 (Ark. Oct. 16, 1989)…