Bohanan v. State

Lavenski R. Smith, Justice.

Appellant, James Monroe Bohanan, II, appeals the decision of the Saline County Circuit Court denying his petition for relief under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37. Appellant was tried and convicted for armed robbery on October 29, 1993, and sentenced to fifteen years. He appealed his conviction, but the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court. Bohanan v. State, No. CACR 94-227, slip. Op. (Ark. App. Jan. 18, 1995). Appellant then filed, on March 6, 1995, a pro se Rule 37 petition alleging entitlement to postconviction relief. Appellant principally contended that he had been…