Beverage v. State

11 Charles Beverage appeals from the Jefferson County Circuit Court’s order denying his petition for postconviction relief due to ineffective assistance of counsel under Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2015). He filed his petition for relief after pleading guilty to charges from several different cases including first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, first-degree escape, second-degree battery, and theft of property. Beverage argues that, because his counsel’s failure to request a competency hearing was both deficient and prejudicial, the circuit court erred in denying his…