Johnson v. State

Appellant Rodney Dewayne Johnson appeals to this court from the denial by the Lee County Circuit Court of his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated sections 16-112-102 to -123 (Repl. 2016). Johnson, who entered pleas of guilty as a habitual offender in 1987 in the Pulaski County Circuit Court to multiple felony charges, argues four grounds for reversal of the circuit court order in his brief: (1) that the trial court erred in accepting his plea of guilty to the charge of rape because he was innocent of the offense; (2) that the trial court…