OWEN v. STATE

No. 5545.

462 S.W.2d 469 (1971)

Edward Ward OWEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharpe & Wilkinson, Forrest City, for appellant.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., Milton Lueken, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


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...

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