Sims v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

Appellant was convicted in 1974 of first degree murder and received a life sentence. We reversed and remanded. Sims v. State, 258 Ark. 940, 530 S.W. 2d 182 (1975). Following our remand on the murder conviction, the trial court sentenced appellant to 21 years on his plea of guilty to a reduced charge of second degree murder to run consecutively to a total of 15 years he was already serving. Nearly three years later, appellant filed this pro se motion alleging he pled guilty to the reduced murder charge with the understanding the sentences would run concurrently. The trial…