Matthew Ryan Elliott v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Elliott’s Rule 37.1 petition. It held that the petition was timely because it challenged a sentence imposed after resentencing and was filed within the applicable period following the resentencing appeal, but it held that challenges to the original guilty plea and conviction were procedurally barred. The court also declined to reconsider Elliott’s claim concerning an irretrievable-depravity instruction because that issue had already been resolved on direct appeal.