Ka Makkali v. State

| Appellant, Malik (Saba) Ka Makkali, also known as Gary Cloird, is incarcerated pursuant to a 1992 conviction for rape and theft of a van for which he was sentenced to thirty-five years’ imprisonment for rape and five years’ imprisonment and a $1000 fine for theft. The sentences were ordered to run consecutively. This court affirmed the convictions and sentences. Cloird v. State, 314 Ark. 296, 862 S.W.2d 211 (1993). In 2002, Cloird’s petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the Jefferson County Circuit Court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis was granted by this court. Cloird…