Slocum v. State

bln 1995, petitioner Kenneth Slocum was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. We affirmed. Slocum v. State, 325 Ark. 38, 924 S.W.2d 237 (1996). 1 Appellant subsequently filed a petition for postcon-viction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (1995) on the ground that his counsel was ineffective. The trial court granted a new trial, and we reversed. State v. Slocum, 332 Ark. 207, 964 S.W.2d 388 (1998).

Now before us is petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of…