Croy v. State

h Lee A. Croy appeals the denial of his petition for postconviction relief under Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2011). Because there was no clear error in the trial court’s findings that trial counsel was not ineffective, we affirm the denial of postconviction relief.

In 2006, a jury imposed an aggregate sentence of 360 months’ imprisonment after finding appellant guilty of two counts of first-degree sexual assault. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed. Croy v. State, CACR 06-1039, 2007 WL 3172144 (Ark.App. Oct. 31, 2007) (unpublished).

The facts at trial showed that appellant had…