Meny v. Norris

In 1992, appellant was found guilty by a jury of three counts of rape, kidnapping, and attempted capital felony murder. He was sentenced to three life terms for the three counts of rape, to run consecutively, with twenty years for kidnapping and thirty years for attempted felony murder. We affirmed. See Meny v. State, 314 Ark. 158, 861 S.W.2d 303 (1993). In 1998, appellant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking to have the judgments vacated. The petition was denied, and appellant has appealed that decision to us.

We have repeatedly held that a writ of habeas corpus will issue only…