BENTON v. STATE

No. CR 09-577.

2011 Ark. 211

RICO BENTON, Appellant, v. STATE OF ARKANSAS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered May 12, 2011.


PER CURIAM.

In 1995, appellant Rico Benton entered a plea of guilty to capital murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. In 2005, he filed in the trial court a pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis. The court denied the petition, and appellant brings this appeal. We find no abuse of discretion in the denial of the petition and affirm.

The standard of review of a denial of a petition for writ of error coram nobis is whether the circuit...

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