Supreme Court of Arkansas February 2, 1981, CR 80-172 (Cason v. State)

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George Rose Smith, Justice.

In 1978 Cason was convicted at a non-jury trial of delivery of heroin and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. In 1979 we affirmed the conviction as a no-merit appeal. Some two months later we gave Cason permission to seek postconviction relief in the trial court under Rule 37, for ineffective assistance of counsel.