McDaniels v. State

JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.

| Appellant, Willie Author McDaniels, appeals from the denial of his petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37. Appellant was convicted of two counts of rape of his step-granddaughter, Q.A., and sentenced to a total of 480 months in the Arkansas Department of Correction. The court of appeals affirmed on direct appeal. See McDaniels v. State, 2012 Ark. App. 219, 2012 WL 1021529. Appellant then filed a petition for postconviction relief, which the circuit court denied without an evidentiary hearing. On appeal, Appellant…