Robert William Fischer, Petitioner v. State of Arkansas, Respondent

Summary

The court denied Fischer’s motion for rule on clerk because his postconviction petition did not demonstrate that his sentences were illegal on their face. Six ten-year sentences for six class C felony convictions were within the statutory range, and consecutive service was statutorily permitted. The court therefore did not need to address the merits of lodging the untimely record. Justice Josephine Linker Hart, dissenting, would have first resolved whether the untimely transcript deprived the court of jurisdiction before considering the underlying sentencing issue.