Case Title: Seek v. State

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State: arkansas

Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

Date: 1997-12-18T00:00:00Z

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Jimmy SEEK v. STATE of Arkansas

CR 97-472                                          ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
               Opinion delivered December 18, 1997


1.   Jurisdiction -- proper in supreme court when based on petition for
     postconviction relief. -- Jurisdiction is proper in the supreme
     court when an appeal is based on a petition for postconviction
     relief under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.

2.   Criminal procedure -- motion to withdraw guilty plea -- treated as motion
     for postconviction relief. -- A motion to withdraw a guilty plea,
     under Ark. R. Crim. P. 26.1 is untimely when filed after
     sentencing and entry of judgment; when such a petition comes
     to the supreme court on appeal, it is treated as a motion for
     postconviction relief under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37; therefore,
     the court reviewed appellant's petition as a motion for
     postconviction relief, even though it was brought as a motion
     to withdraw a guilty plea.

3.   Criminal procedure -- denial of postconviction relief -- when reversed. --
     The supreme court does not reverse a trial court's denial of
     postconviction relief unless the ruling was clearly erroneous.

4.   Criminal procedure -- challenge to guilty plea -- issue on appeal. --
     When a guilty plea is challenged, the issue is whether the
     trial court erred in finding that the plea was intelligently
     and voluntarily entered with the advice of competent counsel.
5.   Attorney & client -- ineffective assistance of counsel -- standard of
     review -- petitioner's burden. -- To determine the competency of
     counsel, the supreme court applies the standard adopted in
     Strickland v. Washington,