Legal Opinion

Green v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided December 14, 2017No. CR-17-167PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJosephine Linker Hart, Associate Justice

| Appellant Rickie Green appeals from an order of the Lonoke County Circuit Court denying his pro se petition to correct an illegal sentence. In addition to asserting that the circuit court’s ruling was error, Green also filed a motion for appointment of counsel. We reverse and remand.

Green entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy to commit residential burglary and theft of property. He received identical sentences of 240 months for each offense; 108 months’- imprisonment, with 132 months of the terms suspended. Green alleged in- his petition that his sentence was illegal on its face under…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2016
  2. Looper v. Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
  3. Gardner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2017
  4. Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2017

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Swift v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2018
  2. Lukach v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2018
  3. Rickie Green v. State of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2021
  4. Stewart v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2018
  5. Patrick Eugene Dobbins v. State of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2022

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