Woods v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the CourtCourtney Hudson Goodson, Associate Justice
Appellant Jonathan Antonio Woods appeals an order of the Drew County Circuit Court denying his petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Rule 37 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure. For reversal, Woods argues that (1) the circuit court erred when it denied without a hearing his claim that his trial counsel was ineffective because counsel compared his case to the O.J. Simpson case, and (2) appellate counsel was ineffective by failing to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence on direct appeal. We affirm.
I. Background
In January 2016, Woods stood trial before a Drew County Circuit…
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