Higgins v. State

Petitioner was convicted by a jury of aggravated robbery and theft of property. He was found to have been convicted of two to three prior felonies and was sentenced to consecutive terms of twenty years imprisonment and ten years imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. The Court of Appeals affirmed, Higgins v. State, CA CR 79-97 (January 16, 1980). * Petitioner now seeks permission to proceed in circuit court for postconviction relief on the grounds hereinafter discussed.

Petitioner generally alleges that he was denied effective assistance of counsel both at trial and on appeal.…