Case Title: Ricky Lee Franklin v. State of Arkansas

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State: arkansas

Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

Date: 1997-03-10T00:00:00Z

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Ricky Lee FRANKLIN v. STATE of Arkansas

CR 96-996                                          ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
                Opinion delivered March 10, 1997


1.   Appeal & error -- no right to counsel in postconviction proceedings --
     trial court's appointment of counsel for hearing was exercise of discretion
     under A.R.Cr.P. Rule 37.3(b). -- There is no right to counsel in a
     postconviction proceeding; as a result, when the trial court
     appointed counsel to represent appellant at a hearing on his
     A.R.Cr.P. Rule 37 petition, it was merely exercising its
     discretion pursuant to Rule 37.3(b).

2.   Appeal & error -- motion to file pro se appellant's brief or for
     appointment of new counsel denied. -- Where appellant accepted
     representation by an attorney, the fact that he was
     dissatisfied with counsel's efforts did not entitle him to
     appointment of a different attorney; even on direct appeal of
     a judgment, an appellant does not enjoy the absolute right to
     counsel of his choosing; the supreme court will not tolerate
     a situation in which an appellant competes with his attorney
     to be heard in an appeal; because appellant chose to accept
     the appointment of counsel, the supreme court would neither
     dismiss counsel nor permit appellant to file a supplemental
     brief.

     Pro Se Motion to File Pro Se Appellant's Brief and for a Copy
of Postconviction Hearing Record or for Appointment of New Counsel;
denied. 
     Appellant, pro se.
     No response.

     Per Curiam. 
     In 1992, Ricky Lee Franklin was found guilty by a jury of two
counts of burglary and sentenced to an aggregate sentence of forty
years' imprisonment.  We affirmed.  Franklin v. State, 318 Ark. 99,