Bradley v. State

I dissent because the court should address the merits of Bradley’s appeal. The majority is dismissing the appeal for lack of compliance with the Rule 37 verification requirement. The court is doing this on its own initiative: neither party raised the issue to the circuit court or on appeal. Unless there is an issue as to |sthe court’s subject-matter jurisdiction, this court does not entertain issues not raised below. Because lack of verification does not impact our subject-matter jurisdiction, I dissent.

As the majority explained, Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1(c) (2014) requires…