Bell v. State

|,In 2005, following a trial to the court, appellant Joseph H. Bell was found guilty of rape and sentenced to 240 months’ imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment and granted appellant’s attorney’s motion to withdraw on a no-merit brief. Bell v. State, CA CR 05-1345, 2007 WL 105424 (Ark.App. Jan. 17, 2007) (unpublished). Appellant filed a timely petition for postconviction relief under Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2007) that was denied after a hearing. Appellant brings this appeal of that order. We find no error…