Title: Shawn Wilson v. State of Arkansas

State: arkansas

Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court

Document:

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION PER CURIAM December 19, 2002 SHAWN WILSON Petitioner v. STATE OF ARKANSAS Respondent CR 02-128 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY, CR 1994-158, HONORABLE JOHN W. LANGSTON, JUDGE APPEAL DISMISSED In 1994, appellant pled guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree battery, and one count of second-degree battery. The circuit court sentenced him to a total of eighty-five years' imprisonment. In 2001, appellant filed in the circuit court a petition for writ of error coram nobis, alleging that he was coerced into pleading guilty by his trial counsel. The circuit court denied the petition, and twelve days later appellant filed a notice of appeal. Last term we held that the review of all orders granting or denying coram nobis relief entered on or after April 25, 2002, would be by appeal rather than by writ of certiorari. Magby v. State, 348 Ark. 415, 72 S.W.3d 508 (2002)(per curiam). Appellant's petition, however, was denied on November 1, 2001. As such, the proper avenue to seek review of the circuit court's denial of coram nobis relief would have been the filing of a petition for writ of certiorari within thirty days of the date the circuit court's order. See Skinner v. State, 344 Ark. 184, 185-86, 40 S.W.3d 269, 2701 (2001). It is the responsibility of the party seeking review to perfect the request for review, whether by appeal or certiorari. Id. at 187, 40 S.W.3d at 270-71. Appellant failed to comply with proper procedure by filing a petition for writ of certiorari. Accordingly, his appeal is dismissed. Appeal dismissed.