Turner v. State

111n 2013, appellant Bryant E. Turner was found guilty of aggravated robbery and theft of property with a firearm enhancement and was sentenced to life .imprisonment in case number 23CR-12r-921 in the Faulkner County Circuit Court. 1 On direct appeal from the judgment, Turner challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to support the convictions. We affirmed. Turner v. State, 2014 Ark. 415, 443 S.W.3d 535.

On December 18, 2014, Turner timely filed in the trial court a verified pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2013) seeking to vacate…