Atkins v. State

David Newbern, Justice.

This is an appeal from denial of a petition to vacate or modify a ten-year prison sentence for burglary and to vacate a four-year sentence for failure to appear. The appellant pleaded guilty to both offenses. The petition to the trial court was submitted pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37. The appellant argues ineffective assistance of counsel and that his guilty pleas were not made intelligently or voluntarily.. He also contends he was sentenced under the Habitual Criminal Act, Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 43-2328 through 43-2330 (Repl. 1977), without having entered a plea and with…