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  "name": "Earl Lee BELL, a/k/a Earl Lee ANDERSON v. STATE of Arkansas",
  "name_abbreviation": "Bell v. State",
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    "judges": [
      "Purtle, J., not participating."
    ],
    "parties": [
      "Earl Lee BELL, a/k/a Earl Lee ANDERSON v. STATE of Arkansas"
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "George Rose Smith, Justice.\nOn July 6, 1978, the circuit court entered a judgment onr-a jury verdict, committing the appellant to life imprisonment for rape. No appeal was taken, nor was a petition for post-c\u00f3nviction relief filed within the three years allowed by Criminal Procedure Rule 37.2(c). In June, 1983, Bell filed a petition for a writ of error coram nobis, which was denied after a hearing at which Bell testified that after the trial he told his attorney, both over the telephone and in a letter, that he wanted to discuss the matter of an appeal, but the attorney did not communicate with him. This appeal from the trial court\u2019s denial of relief comes to this court under Rule 29(1 )(b) and (e).\nWhatever remedy Bell had for his attorney\u2019s failure to appeal could have been asserted under Rule 37, but the three-year limitation was allowed to lapse. The writ of error coram nobis is available only when there existed some fact that would have prevented the rendition of judgment had the fact been known to the trial court. Troglin v. State, 257 Ark. 644, 519 S.W.2d 740 (1975). No such situation is presented in the present case; so the trial court properly denied the writ.\nAffirmed.\nPurtle, J., not participating.",
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        "author": "George Rose Smith, Justice."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Phil Barton, for appellant.",
      "Steve Clark, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Jerome T. Kearney, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Earl Lee BELL, a/k/a Earl Lee ANDERSON v. STATE of Arkansas\nCR 85-146\n700 S.W.2d 788\nSupreme Court of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered December 16, 1985\nPhil Barton, for appellant.\nSteve Clark, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Jerome T. Kearney, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee."
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