HAYS, Justice.
This is a belated appeal from an order of the Craighead Circuit Court denying a Rule 37 petition by Billy Jack Kain, Jr.
Appellant was charged in August, 1982 with kidnapping and rape. After several psychiatric examinations with conflicting results, appellant was adjudged to be competent and on September 7, 1984 he entered a plea of nolo contendere, receiving a sentence of twenty-three years with ten years suspended.
In January, 1987...
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