BEN GRIMES v. STATE OF ARKANSAS
BEN GRIMES v. STATE OF ARKANSAS
Opinion
Appellant Ben Grimes brings this appeal from the denial of his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus. Grimes was convicted by a Jefferson County jury of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirmed the conviction and sentence.
Grimes v. State
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Grimes filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the county where he is incarcerated and alleged that he is being held pursuant to an invalid conviction because the State did not establish probable cause for his arrest and extradition from Virginia to Arkansas. Grimes asserted that the State failed to provide an affidavit establishing probable cause for his arrest, which, according to Grimes, violated his right to due process because, at the time of his arrest, there was no evidence that he had committed the crime. Finally, Grimes asserted that the issue of the lack of probable cause for his arrest was raised at his trial by his defense counsel in a motion to suppress his confession to the crime. Grimes makes the same assertions on appeal but adds allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel because counsel failed to raise the issue of an invalid arrest warrant on direct appeal. He also raises allegations that appear to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction and otherwise bolstering his due-process argument. 1
The circuit court denied Grimes's petition because Grimes had failed to establish
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that his sentence was facially illegal or that the trial court lacked jurisdiction. A circuit court's decision on a petition for writ of habeas corpus will be upheld unless it is clearly erroneous.
Garrison v. Kelley
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A petitioner for a writ of habeas corpus who does not allege his or her actual innocence and proceed under Act 1780 of 2001, must plead either the facial invalidity of the judgment or the lack of jurisdiction by the trial court and make a showing by affidavit or other evidence of probable cause to believe that he or she is being illegally detained.
The petitioner bears the burden of showing that the face of the judgment at issue was invalid and must present evidence of probable cause to believe that he is being illegally detained.
Story v. State
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Finally, Grimes alleges on appeal that the circuit court erred in not holding a hearing on his habeas petition. Our statutory scheme does not mandate a hearing on a habeas petition regardless of the allegations contained therein.
Collier v. Kelley
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Affirmed.
Grimes's allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel as well as allegations challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and bolstering his due-process claim will not be considered by this court as we do not consider arguments that have been raised for the first time on appeal.
Johnson v. State
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The appellee contends that the law-of-the-case doctrine should bar Grimes's claims. However, this court will consider additional facts raised in support of a jurisdictional argument; those arguments are not barred as law of the case.
Anderson v. Kelley
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Reference
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