Wood v. State

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2015 Ark. 477

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-14-286 HOWARD WOOD Opinion Delivered December 17, 2015 APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE SCOTT V. COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. 64CR-13-36] STATE OF ARKANSAS HONORABLE JERRY DON RAMEY, APPELLEE JUDGE AFFIRMED. KAREN R. BAKER, Associate Justice Appellant, Howard Wood, entered a guilty plea to one count of sexual assault in the first degree and was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment. On October 7, 2013, pursuant to Rule 37.1 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure (2013), Wood filed a petition for postconviction relief. On January 10, 2014,…