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1. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE—ALL GROUNDS FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF, INCLUDING CLAIMS THAT A SENTENCE WAS ILLEGALLY IMPOSED, MUST BE RAISED UNDER RULE 37—ANY CONFLICTS WITH STATUTES ARE RESOLVED IN FAVOR OF THE RULES.—Criminal Procedure Rule 37.2(b) provides in pertinent part that all grounds for post-conviction relief, including claims that a sentence is illegal or illegally imposed, must be raised in a petition under Rule 37; statutes are given deference only to the extent that they are compatible with our rules, and conflicts which compromise these rules are resolved with the rules remaining supreme.
2. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE—STATUTE CONCERNING SENTENCES ILLEGALLY IMPOSED CONFLICTED WITH RULE—PETITIONS TO CORRECT SENTENCE NOT TIMELY, APPELLANT NOT ENTITLED TO RELIEF.—Where the appellant did not file his petitions to correct the sentence imposed on him within the time limit set by Rule 37, the petitions were untimely and he was not entitled to relief in circuit court; Arkansas Code Annotated § 16-90-111 (Supp. 1991) is in conflict with Criminal Procedure Rule 37 which in part provides that a petition under the rule is untimely if not filed within sixty days of issuance of the appellate court's mandate affirming the judgment of conviction; the time limitations imposed in Rule 37 are jurisdictional in nature, and the circuit court may not grant relief on a untimely petition.

Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; John Langston, Judge; Pro Se Motion for Access to Transcript denied and appeal dismissed.

Appellant, pro se.

No response.

PER CURIAM. In 1991 appellant Ronnie Reed was found guilty by a jury of delivery of a controlled substance and sentenced to 100 years imprisonment. We affirmed. Reed v. State, 312 Ark. 82, 847 S.W.2d 34 (1993). Appellant subsequently filed in the trial court a pro se petition pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule 37. An order was entered denying the petition. An appeal of the order was not perfected.

In September and November 1993, appellant filed pro se petitions to correct the sentence imposed pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-111 (Supp. 1991). The petitions were denied, and the record has been lodged in this court on appeal. Appellant now seeks access to the transcript.