Stephenson v. Kelley

In 2017, appellant Deandra L. Stephenson filed in the circuit court in the county where he was incarcerated a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated sections 16-112-101 to -123 (Repl. 2016), alleging that he was entitled to release from custody because the trial court in his criminal case committed error in the conduct of the trial, the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the judgment, and he is innocent of the offenses of which he was convicted. He further argued that the court in a habeas proceeding should look beyond the face of the judgment to…