Eric Francis v. State of Arkansas

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2025 Ark. 146

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-24-640 Opinion Delivered: October 2, 2025 ERIC FRANCIS APPELLANT DISSENTING OPINION FROM DENIAL OF PETITION FOR REVIEW. V. STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE NICHOLAS J. BRONNI, Associate Justice The court of appeals held that Eric Francis couldn’t challenge an evidentiary error in his sentencing proceeding because he was sentenced to less than the statutory maximum. Francis v. State,

2025 Ark. App. 214, at 15, 711 S.W.3d 308, 318. It rested that conclusion on language in Tate v. State suggesting that “a defendant who has received a sentence within…