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303 Ark. 287

Traylor v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 1, 1990

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1990-10-01

Relies on Mobbs v. State

Decided 1990-10-01

Dale Price, Justice.

¶1The appellant was convicted of breaking or entering, theft of property, and of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He raises six issues on appeal. Five of those issues involve direct attacks on his conviction. We consider only the sixth issue in which the appellant claims the trial court should have ordered a new trial due to ineffective assistance of counsel.

¶2 Less than thirty days after his conviction, the appellant filed a motion for a new trial asserting that his representation at trial had been inadequate. See A.R.Cr.P. Rule 36.4. The motion was filed in . a timely manner and new counsel was appointed. However, the record does not reflect that the motion was ever acted upon by the trial court. Therefore, as in Mobbs v. State, 303 Ark. 98, 792 S.W.2d 601 (1990), we do not reach the merits of the case. We remand to the trial court for consideration of the post-conviction motion.

¶3Remanded.

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