Vaughn v. State

| , Appellant Christopher Vaughn appeals after the Howard County Circuit Court entered an order denying his petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1. For reversal, he contends that the circuit court erred because trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for not properly preserving issues and arguments for purposes of appeal. We affirm.

During the guilt phase of his trial, Stephen Wakefield, a deputy sheriff for Howard County, testified that he stopped appellant after he had observed that appellant’s vehicle did not have any tags, and…