Rutledge v. State

Appellant Rodney Rutledge, by and through his attorney JefFRosenzweig, has filed a motion for belated appeal from the denial of his petition for postconviction relief under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37. The motion reflects that Rutledge was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Following this court’s affirmance of his conviction, see Rutledge v. State, 345 Ark. 243, 45 S.W.3d 825 (2001), and while he was incarcerated, Rutledge filed a timely petition under Rule 37, which was denied by the circuit court on December 5, 2002. The motion also reflects that Rutledge…