Supreme Court of Arkansas

Townsell v. State

May 15, 20142014 Ark. 227

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Townsell's habeas petition, holding that he failed to show that his convictions or sentence were facially invalid or that the circuit court lacked jurisdiction. The court rejected his double-jeopardy argument because the fact that the same evidence supported two offenses does not establish that one offense is lesser included in the other under the governing statutory test.