Campbell v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

The appellant was sentenced to fifty years imprisonment, with fifteen years suspended, upon a plea of guilty to a particularly brutal rape of his four year old stepdaughter. Two years later appellant petitioned for post conviction relief under A.R.Cr.P. Rule 37 based on a number of allegations. After a hearing the circuit court reduced the sentence to thirty-five years with no time suspended. The other requested relief was denied.

Appellant alleges five points for reversal: 1) the circuit judge should have recused or granted a new trial because of prejudice; 2)…