Case Title: Paul Emery v. State of Arkansas

Citation: 

Docket Number: CR02-282

State: arkansas

Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

Date: 2002-05-16T00:00:00Z

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION PER CURIAM MAY 16, 2002 PAUL EMERY Petitioner v. STATE OF ARKANSAS Respondent CR 02-282 PRO SE PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI [CIRCUIT COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, NO. CR 96-187, HON. HAROLD S. ERWIN, JUDGE PETITION DISMISSED In 1997, Paul Emery was found guilty of rape and sexual abuse in the first degree and sentenced to an aggregate term of 600 months' imprisonment. We affirmed. Paul Emery, CR 97-993 (November 4, 1999). In 2001, Emery filed in the trial court a petition for writ of error coram nobis, alleging that the writ should be issued to vacate the judgment of conviction in his case. The trial court dismissed the petition on the ground that the petitioner had not been granted leave from this court to file it. Petitioner Emery subsequently filed here the instant pro se petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the trial court's order. The trial court was correct to dismiss the coram nobis petition on the ground that petitioner had failed to conform to the prevailing rules of legal procedure in that he did not seek leave from this court before filing the petition in that court. The petition for leave to proceedin the trial court is necessary because the trial court can entertain a petition for writ of error coram nobis after a judgment has been affirmed on appeal only after we grant permission. Larimore v. State, 327 Ark. 271, 938 S.W.2d 818 (1997). Petition dismissed.