Title: Terry B. Potts v. State of Arkansas
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: CR08-104
State: Arkansas
Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court
Date: March 6, 2008

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT No. CR 08­104 TERRY B. POTTS Petitioner v. STATE OF ARKANSAS Respondent Opinion Delivered March 6, 2008 PRO SE MOTION FOR BELATED APPEAL [CIRCUIT COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY, CR 2005­2183, HON. JOHN W. LANGSTON, JUDGE] MOTION DENIED. PER CURIAM Now before us is petitioner TerryB. Pott’s pro se motion for belated appeal pursuant to Ark. R. App. P.–Crim. 2(e) seeking to proceed with the appeal of the trial court’s order denying his petition pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1. We need not consider petitioner’s reasons for failing to perfect the appealbecause it is clear that petitioner could not prevailon appeal. Johnson v. State, 362 Ark. 453, 208 S.W.3d 783 (2005) (per curiam). If an appeal was taken from the judgment of conviction, a petition under Rule 37.1 must be filed in the trial court within sixty days of the date the mandate was issued by the appellate court. Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.2(c). Here, the mandate was issued by the Arkansas Court of Appeals on April 10, 2007, and petitioner’s Rule 37.1 petition was filed on July 17, 2007, which was ninety­eight days after the mandate was issued. Time limitations imposed in Rule 37.2(c) are jurisdictional in nature, and if they are not met, a trial court lacks jurisdiction to consider a Rule 37.1 petition. Maxwell v. State, 298 Ark. 329, 767 S.W.2d 303 (1989). Motion denied.