McPherson v. State

| Appellant was convicted by a Faulkner County jury of three counts of rape and was sentenced to serve a total of 900 months’ imprisonment. Appellant’s attorney had previously filed a no-merit brief and a motion to withdraw as counsel pursuant to Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 4-3(k) (2016) and Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Because of briefing deficiencies, we previously ordered rebriefing. See McPherson v. State, 2017 Ark. App. 21, 2017 WL 203341. Counsel has filed the instant no-merit brief, correcting those deficiencies, and asserting that this…