Dednam v. State

In 2003, a jury convicted Dednam of capital murder and he was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. We affirmed. Dednam v. State , 360 Ark. 240, 200 S.W.3d 875 (2005). Pending before this court is petitioner Marrio Dednam's pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for a writ of error coram nobis. Dednam's claim for coram nobis relief is based on an allegation that the prosecutor withheld material evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963).

In his petition, Dednam alleges that the prosecution…