Legal Opinion

Heath Hunsaker v. State of Arkansas

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided January 29, 2025Published

1Opinion of the Court

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2025 Ark. App. 37

ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION I No. CR-23-521 Opinion Delivered January 29, 2025 HEATH HUNSAKER APPEAL FROM THE GREENE APPELLANT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. 28CR-22-766] V. HONORABLE CHRIS THYER, JUDGE STATE OF ARKANSAS AFFIRMED APPELLEE BART F. VIRDEN, Judge Appellant Heath Hunsaker pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment plus a three-year enhancement for using a firearm in the commission of the offense. Hunsaker subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1 alleging that his…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Polivka v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2010
  3. Woods v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983
  4. Horn v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  5. Milburn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1999

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