Thacker v. State

| ¶ Elvis Thacker petitions this court to reverse the circuit court’s denial of a petition for writ of error coram nobis. Thacker argues that the writ should have been granted because video evidence was withheld, his guilty plea was coerced, and he is innocent of the offenses.1 Because we hold that the circuit court’s denial of the petition was not an abuse of discretion, we affirm.

In 2011, Fort Smith police officers were arresting Thacker for the rape of a woman in Fort Smith. Law enforcement officers from Oklahoma also participated in the arrest because they suspected that Thacker had…