Franklin v. State

[fin 1991, petitioner Frank Franklin was found guilty by a jury of rape and sentenced as a habitual offender to 300 years’ imprisonment. We affirmed. Franklin v. State, 308 Ark. 539, 825 S.W.2d 263 (1992).

Franklin subsequently filed in the trial court a pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (1991). The petition was denied "on the ground that it was not timely filed. Franklin lodged an appeal from the order in this court. The appeal was dismissed because Franklin had failed to file a brief. Franklin v. State, CR-94-1460 (Oct. 16, 1995).…