Owen v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is the second petition for postconviction relief that has been filed by the appellant, Edward Ward Owen, under our Criminal Procedure Rule No. 1. Ark. Stat. Ann., Vol. 3A, 1969 Supp., p. 91. The trial court denied the petition, on the ground that the court’s adverse decision upon the first petition was res judicata of the issues tendered by the second petition. We affirm.

On May 7, 1963, Owen pleaded guilty in the St. Francis circuit court to charges of burglary and grand larceny. He received cumulative sentences of two years and one year, making three years in…