SHEPPARD v. STATE

No. CR73-93.

498 S.W.2d 668 (1973)

Leonard D. SHEPPARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ike Allen Laws, Jr., Pros. Atty., Russellville, for appellant.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., by Philip M. Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


FOGLEMAN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of possession of stolen property, and, as an habitual criminal, was sentenced to 21 years in the penitentiary. No appeal was taken, but appellant filed his original petition for postconviction relief on the sole ground that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at his trial. The primary bases upon which he argues that he was entitled to relief upon his original and amended petitions were that he was ill-prepared for...

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