Bumgarner v. Hobbs (Per Curiam)
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After a jury trial, Appellant was found guilty of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and other drug-related offenses. After Appellant’s convictions were affirmed on appeal, Appellant unsuccessfully filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1 and, subsequently, a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus. Appellant later filed a second pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus. The circuit court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) to the extent Appellant argued that he was entitled to habeas relief because the trial court lacked jurisdiction and the authority to sentence him, this claim was barred by the law-of-the-case doctrine; (2) the law-of-the-case doctrine also applied to Appellant’s challenge to his consecutive sentences; and (3) Appellant’s request for jail-time credit was not cognizable in a petition for writ of habeas corpus.
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