Legal Opinion
Bridgeman v. State
Court of Appeals of Arkansas
Decided May 17, 2017No. CR-16-971PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPhillip T. Whiteaker, Judge
11 Appellant Bobby Bridgeman appeals a Pope County Circuit Court denial of his pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Rule 37.1 (2016) of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure. On appeal, he challenges the circumstances surrounding the entry of his guilty plea and the effectiveness of his counsel in explaining the consequences of his, suspended sentence. Because his claims have no merit, we affirm.
Before we can address the specific arguments that Bridgeman raises on appeal, we must first address how our court obtained jurisdiction over .appeals such as this, which have…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Henington v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2012
- Greene v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2004
- Mancia v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2015
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