Wilson v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

This appeal results from the trial court’s denial of appellant’s Rule 1 Petition for Postconviction Relief. For reversal appellant first contends that his 1964 conviction and sentence for forgery and uttering, as an habitual criminal under Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 43-2328, -2330 (Supp. 1969), “should be reversed because said statutes violate Article II § 9 of the Arkansas Constitution in that it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in that the sentence imposed is disproportionate to the offense charged so as to shock the moral conscience of the public.”

Appellant pleaded…