Johnson v. State

On September 3, 1999, judgment was entered reflecting that James Harless Johnson had been found guilty by a jury of two counts of rape, two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, and misdemeanor terroristic threatening in the second degree. An aggregate sentence of 600 months’ imprisonment was imposed. The court of appeals affirmed. Johnson v. State, 71 Ark. App. 58, 25 S.W.3d 445 (2000). The court of appeals’ mandate was issued October 3, 2000.

On August 26, 2002, Johnson filed in the trial court a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule 37.1. In 2004,…