Title: Noble v. State
Citation: 2010 Ark. 184
Docket Number: CR10-318
State: Arkansas
Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court
Date: April 15, 2010

Cite as 2010 Ark. 184 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR 10-318 SILAS NOBLE Petitioner v. STATE OF ARKANSAS Respondent Opinion Delivered April 15, 2010 PRO SE PETITION FOR REVIEW [CIRCUIT COURT OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, CR 2008-93, HON. JOE GRIFFIN, JUDGE] PETITION DISMISSED. PER CURIAM In 2009, a jury found petitioner Silas Noble, Jr., guilty of delivery of a controlled substance. When the jury could not agree on a sentence, the court imposed a sentence of forty years’ imprisonment. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed. Noble v. State, 2010 Ark. App. 228. Petitioner, who was represented by counsel on appeal, now brings this pro se petition for review of the decision of the court of appeals under our Rule 2-4. We do not reach the merits of the petition. This court does not allow a petitioner to substitute his judgment concerning whether and how to request a petition for review for that of his attorney. Hunt v. State, 2009 Ark. 626 (per curiam); George v. State, 2009 Ark. 444 (per curiam); Brewer v. State, 371 Ark. 532, 268 S.W.3d 332 (2007) (per curiam). The pro se petition is dismissed without further consideration. Petition dismissed.