Title: Corey M. Lacy v. State of Arkansas
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: CR00-441
State: Arkansas
Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court
Date: September 14, 2000

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION PER CURIAM SEPTEMBER 14, 2000 COREY M. LACY Petitioner v. STATE OF ARKANSAS Respondent CR 00-441 PRO SE MOTION FOR RULE ON CLERK TO PROCEED WITH BELATED APPEAL OF ORDER [CIRCUIT COURT OF CLARK COUNTY, NO. CR 98-83, HON. JOHN A. THOMAS, JUDGE] MOTION DENIED AND APPEAL DISMISSED On August 21, 1998, judgment was entered reflecting that Corey M. Lacy had pleaded guilty to rape and had been sentenced to 240 months' imprisonment. On March 23, 1999, Lacy filed in the trial court a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule 37 challenging the judgment. The petition was denied as untimely. Lacy filed a notice of appeal, but he did not tender the record on appeal to this court within the ninety-day period allowed by Rule 5 (a) of the Arkansas Rules of Appellate Procedure-Civil, made applicable to criminal appeals by Ark. R. App. P.-Crim. 4 (a). He now seeks leave from this court to file the record and proceed with an appeal of the order. Because it is clear that the Rule 37 petition filed in the trial court was untimely and thus petitioner Lacy could not prevail even if an appeal were allowed, we need not address petitioner's claims respecting his failure to tender the record in a timely manner. Criminal Procedure Rule 37.2(c) provides in pertinent part that a petition under the ruleis untimely if not filed within ninety days of the date the judgment was entered following a plea of guilty. Appellant filed his Rule 37 petition 214 days after the judgment was entered and was thus procedurally barred from proceeding under the rule. The time limitations imposed in Criminal Procedure Rule 37 are jurisdictional in nature; as a result, a circuit court cannot grant relief on an untimely petition. Maxwell v. State, 298 Ark. 329, 767 S.W.2d 303 (1989). Motion denied and appeal dismissed.