PENN v. STATE

No. CR 84-43.

670 S.W.2d 426 (1984)

282 Ark. 571

Allen Lynn PENN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Arkansas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Simpson, Jr., Public Defender, Little Rock, for petitioner.


HICKMAN, Justice.

Penn was convicted by a jury of the murder of Anthony Faherty on September 21, 1983, and received a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. He filed an appeal with us, and the record has been lodged. A petition has been filed here for a writ of error coram nobis or to invest the trial court to hear a motion for a new trial. The ground given is a sworn statement made by Donald Lewis, who is evidently a prisoner at the Arkansas Department of...

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