Cartwright v. State

I agree with the facts as set forth in the majority opinion. I further agree with the majority’s conclusion that under the current status of the law, Cartwright is precluded from challenging his guilty plea on appeal. As a general rule, a defendant has no right to appeal from a plea of guilty. Matthews v. State, 2017 Ark. App. 25; Wooley v. State, 2016 Ark. App. 343, at 1 (citing Ark. R. App. P.-Crim. 1(a) (2015)). A defendant may appeal from a guilty plea under three limited exceptions: (1) a conditional guilty plea under certain specified circumstances pursuant to Arkansas Rule of -Criminal…