Supreme Court of Arkansas

Kevin v. Barnes, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

March 2, 20172017 Ark. LEXIS 59

Summary

The court dismissed Barnes’s appeal from the denial of postconviction relief because his filing, though timely, was not properly verified as required for a Rule 37.1 petition. Labeling the filing a motion to retract a guilty plea did not avoid the verification requirement, and the pending motions were therefore moot.