For clerical purposes, the petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a
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petition for writ of error coram nobis was assigned the same docket number as the direct appeal
of the judgment.
ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT
No. CR 98-1167
NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION
RICKY LEE SCOTT
Petitioner
v.
STATE OF ARKANSAS
Respondent
Opinion Delivered January 4, 2007
PRO SE MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION OF DENIAL OF
PETITION TO REINVEST
JURISDICTION IN THE TRIAL
COURT TO CONSIDER A PETITION
FOR WRIT OF ERROR CORAM NOBIS
[CIRCUIT COURT OF CROSS
COUNTY, CR 96-61]
MOTION DENIED
PER CURIAM
A jury found petitioner Ricky Lee Scott guilty of murder in the first-degree and sentenced
him to life imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. This court affirmed the
judgment. Scott v. State, 337 Ark. 320, 989 S.W.2d 891 (1999). Petitioner had filed a number of
requests for postconviction relief, none of which were ultimately successful. See Scott v. State, 355
Ark. 485, 139 S.W.3d 511 (2003); Scott v. State, CR 06-10 (Ark. Jan. 26, 2006) (per curiam). Most
recently, petitioner filed a pro se petition requesting this court to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial
court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis. We denied the petition. Scott v. State,
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CR 98-1167 (Ark. Oct. 12, 2006) (per curiam). Petitioner now brings the motion before us
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requesting that we reconsider our decision on his petition.
Petitioner alleges that he has newly discovered evidence in the form of documents concerning
an investigation of one of the police officers who was involved in the murder investigation on
charges of improper conduct with female prisoners. Petitioner asserts that this documentation shows
that the prosecution withheld evidence and that the judgment against him would not have been
rendered. There is no indication in petitioner’s motion, however, that this documentation provides
any more in support of his petition than what was alleged in his petition.
Petitioner alleges th