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BENTON v. KELLEY

No. CV-19-667.

602 S.W.3d 96 (2020)

2020 Ark. 237

Rico BENTON, Appellant v. Wendy KELLEY, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rico Benton, pro se appellant.

Leslie Rutledge, Att'y Gen., by: David L. Eanes Jr., Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.

In 1995, appellant Rico Benton entered a plea of guilty to capital murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Benton now appeals the denial and dismissal of his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus. Benton argues on appeal, as he did in his petition below, that his sentence of life imprisonment...

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