Legal Opinion

Edwards v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 1, 2017No. CR-16-891PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRobin F. Wynne, Associate Justice

11Alan Ray Edwards appeals from the denial of his petition for ■ postconviction relief pursuant to Rule 37 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure. On appeal, Edwards argues that the circuit court erred by denying his petition because his trial counsel was ineffective for (1) failing to elicit testimony from his expert regarding his lack of capacity to form intent or, alternatively, failing to argue that ruling such testimony inadmissible violated due process' by depriving appellant of his only defense; (2) failing to pursue a self-defense theory of the case; and (3) failing to present…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Noel v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
  3. Flores v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
  4. Andrews v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  5. Kemp v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  3. Randy William Gay v. State of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2022
  4. Randy William Gay v. State of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2022
  5. Hinton v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2017

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