Walker v. State

Prior to the date of this opinion the overwhelming majority of our cases have held that conclusory allegations are not sufficient to warrant an evidentiary hearing. Bosnick v. State, 275 Ark. 52, 627 S.W.2d 23 (1982); Smith v. State, 264 Ark. 329, 571 S.W.2d 591 (1978); Stone v. State, 254 Ark. 566, 494 S.W.2d 715 (1973); Cooper v. State, 249 Ark. 812, 461 S.W.2d 933 (1971) . The majority ignores these cases, however, and sends this case back for an evidentiary hearing on the conclusory allegation of demented mental capacity, relying on the long abandoned cases of Parker v. State, 253 Ark. 8,…