Glass v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

The appellant, Ricky Lavern Glass, appeals from the circuit court’s dismissal of his Rule 32, A.R.Cr.P., petition, in which he contested the validity of his 1991 convictions for first degree rape and second degree kidnapping. These convictions rest upon Glass’s pleas of guilty, and he was sentenced to concurrent sentences of 25 years’ imprisonment on each conviction.

As one of his four issues, Glass contends that this cause should be remanded to allow the state to file a response to his petition, as required by A.R.Cr.P. 32.7(a), and for an evidentiary hearing. To address this…