Legal Opinion

Watson v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 23, 2017No. CR-16-611PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

_JjIn 2005, appellant Jason N. Watson entered a plea of guilty to capital murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. On January 25, 2016, Watson filed in the trial court a pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis. The trial court held a hearing on the petition and denied it. Watson lodged an appeal from the order, and now before us is his motion to supplement the record with additional evidence that was not included in the co-ram nobis petition that the trial court considered.

We dismiss the appeal as it is clear from the record that Watson could not prevail if the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Howard v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2012
  2. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2013
  3. Newman v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2009
  4. State v. LarimoreSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
  5. Nelson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2014

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3Cited by1 opinion

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