Walters v. State

Petitioner James C. Walters was found guilty by a jury of kidnapping and sentenced as a habitual offender with four prior felony convictions to a term of 60 years imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. We affirmed. Walters v. State, 283 Ark. 243, 675 S.W.2d 364 (1984). Petitioner now seeks permission to proceed in circuit court for postconviction relief pursuant to A.R.Cr.P. Rule 37 on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel at trial and on appeal.

Petitioner contends that his attorney and the prosecutor misled the trial court into accepting inadequate proof of his…