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SMITH v. KELLEY

No. CV-15-887.

2016 Ark. 81

MELVIN SMITH, APPELLANT, v. WENDY KELLEY, DIRECTOR, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered February 25, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Smith, pro se appellant.

Leslie Rutledge, Att'y Gen., by: Christian Harris, Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.

In 1977, appellant Melvin Smith was found guilty by a jury of murder in the first degree and burglary and sentenced to life imprisonment for first-degree murder and a consecutive six years' imprisonment for burglary. No appeal was taken.

In 2015, Smith, who is incarcerated at a unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction in Lincoln...

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