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- Title: Seaton v. State
- Author : Supreme Court of Arkansas
- Release Date : January 22, 1996
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 48 KB
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On May 12, 1995, judgment was entered reflecting that William L. Seaton had entered a plea of nolo contendere to four counts of sexual abuse and been sentenced to an aggregate term of twenty years imprisonment. On September 11, 1995, Seaton filed in the trial court a pro se petition pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule 37 to vacate the judgments. The trial court denied the petition, and appellant Seaton has lodged the record in this court on appeal. He now seeks by motion appointment of counsel. [1] The motion is denied and the appeal dismissed. It is clear that the appellant could not prevail on appeal because the Rule 37 petition filed in the trial court was not timely. This court has consistently held that an appeal of the denial of postconviction relief will not be permitted to go forward where it is clear that the appeal is wholly without merit. See Chambers v. State, 304 Ark. 663, 803 S.W.2d 932 (1991); Johnson v. State, 303 Ark. 560, 798 S.W.2d 108 (1990); Williams v. State, 293 Ark. 73, 732 S.W.2d 456 (1987).
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