Sanders v. State

Petitioner Elgie Sanders was convicted by a jury of aggravated robbery and first degree battery and sentenced to prison terms of 40 years and 20 years consecutively. The terms were ordered served consecutively. We affirmed. Sanders v. State, 274 Ark. 525, 626 S.W.2d 366 (1982). Petitioner now seeks permission to proceed in circuit court for postconviction relief pursuant to A.R.Cr.P. Rule 37.

Three men, Shells, Thompson, and the petitioner Sanders were jointly charged with the aggravated robbery of three undercover police officers, and with first degree battery in the shooting of two of the…