Campbell v. State

Calvin Campbell was convicted by a jury of residential burglary and battery in the first degree and was sentenced to twenty years on each count; he was also charged with the rape of a nine-months’ pregnant woman in connection with that incident, but the jury deadlocked on that charge, forcing the trial judge to declare a mistrial. The court of appeals affirmed appellant’s convictions and sentences in Campbell v. State, CACR 00-543 (Ark. App. January 31, 2001). Subsequently, appellant filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37. The circuit court denied…