MITCHELL v. STATE

No. CR-16-190

2016 Ark. 365

BOBBY JOE MITCHELL, Appellant, v. STATE OF ARKANSAS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered October 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby Joe Mitchell, pro se appellant.

Leslie Rutledge , Att'y Gen., by: Karen Virginia Wallace , Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.


In 1969, appellant Bobby Joe Mitchell entered a plea of guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced by a jury to life imprisonment. No appeal was taken.

On March 24, 1975, Mitchell filed a pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 1, which was Arkansas's postconviction remedy in effect...

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