Supreme Court of Arkansas

Russell v. Kelley

May 26, 20162016 Ark. 224

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Russell’s habeas petition because the discrepancy in his sentencing orders was a clerical error, not a facially invalid judgment or jurisdictional defect. The court held that the trial court had authority to correct the error nunc pro tunc because Russell’s aggregate sentence of 660 months had been pronounced in open court. No separate opinions were filed.