Barnes v. State

|, On January 26, 2016, judgment was entered in the Pulaski County Circuit Court reflecting that appellant Kevin V. Barnes had entered a plea of guilty to four felony offenses in case number 60CR-14-3790. He was sentenced to serve an aggregate term of 240 months’ imprisonment.

On April 6, 2016, Barnes filed in the trial court a pro se “belated motion to retract” his plea of guilty on the ground that he had not been afforded effective assistance of counsel. Because claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are raised in Arkansas courts pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1…