Jackson v. State

The State has filed this motion to direct appellant’s attorney, William M. Howard, Jr., to comply with Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4-3(h), claiming that the State cannot certify that appellant’s abstract complies with the rule. While appellant’s fifteen-page abstract is complete in some respects, it is not adequate to represent the five-volume, almost 400-page record to permit this court to review his life sentence under Rule 4-3 (h).

Given the fact that appellant did not respond to this motion, and given the extensive delays that have already occurred in this case due to numerous extensions and problems…