Legal Opinion

Bunch v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 18, 2018No. CR-01-326Published

1Opinion of the CourtRhonda K. Wood, Associate Justice

Rodney Bunch petitions this court to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis. Bunch alleges that the prosecutor withheld evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963) which would have established that his confession to the crimes for which he was convicted was coerced. Because Bunch fails to make sufficient allegations to warrant coram nobis relief, we deny his petition.

A Pulaski County jury convicted Bunch of four counts of aggravated robbery, three counts of theft of property, and one…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2013
  3. Grillot v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
  4. Bunch v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  5. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2017

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