Burnett v. State

The petitioner Brenda Burnett and her husband, Larry Burnett, were convicted of the first degree murder of their thirteen month old son, Larry Burnett, Jr., and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirmed the convictions in Burnett v. State, 287 Ark. 158, 697 S.W.2d 95 (1985). Brenda Burnett filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule 37. The petitioner’s allegations chiefly attack her trial counsel’s performance. She has filed an amendment to the petition claiming that in light of our decision in Midgett v. State, 292 Ark. 278, 729 S.W.2d 410 (1987), which…