Collins v. State

This is a pro se appeal from an order of the trial court denying appellant Khalin Collins's pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Rule 37.1 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure (2013).1 Collins raised six grounds for relief in the trial court based on allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court denied relief without conducting a hearing.

On appeal, Collins raises two of his original claims of ineffective assistance of counsel: (1) that trial counsel failed to present testimony from a known witness and other supporting evidence establishing an alibi…