Magness v. State

11 After a 2011 jury trial, appellant John W. Magness was convicted of four counts of fourth-degree sexual assault, possession of a firearm by a felon, two counts of fleeing, and resisting arrest. The judgment reflects that he received an aggregate sentence of 300 months’ imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment. Magness v. State, 2012 Ark. App. 609, 424 S.W.3d 395. Magness then filed in the trial court a timely pro se petition for postconviction relief under Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2014). The trial court…