Johnston v. State

| ,In 2013, appellant Johnathan Johnston was found guilty by a jury of three counts of rape. He was sentenced to 480 months’ imprisonment for each count to be served concurrently. We affirmed. Johnston v. State, 2014 Ark. 110, 431 S.W.3d 895.

In 2014, appellant timely filed in the trial court a verified, pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2013). The trial court denied the petition, and appellant lodged an appeal from that order in this court. He now seeks by pro se motion an extension of time to file his brief-in-chief. Because it is…