Porter v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Appellant Terry Wayne Porter pleaded guilty to capital murder in January 1984. The following May he filed a petition seeking to vacate the plea pursuant to A.R.Cr.P. Rule 26.1. The petition was denied without written findings of fact. In 1985, petitioner filed a Rule 37 petition raising allegations similar to those raised in the earlier Rule 26.1 petition. The petition was denied with the docket notation “previous Rule 37’s have been denied and the subsequent motion is likewise denied, because defendant is entitled to only one Rule 37 and has had more than that.”…