Rhodes v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Stanley Rhodes has appealed from the denial of a petition for a Rule 37 hearing. On February 7, 1985, Rhodes was charged with several offenses committed a few days earlier. He had robbed two citizens in separate but closely timed incidents. A North Little Rock police officer attempted to apprehend him and Rhodes fired three times with one of the shots wounding the officer.

Rhodes was charged with three counts of aggravated robbery — two relating to the private individuals and one resulting from his armed efforts to resist apprehension by the officer after the robberies.…