Neff v. State

Petitioner Wesley Kent Neff was found guilty by a jury of delivery of cocaine, a controlled substance. The trial court sentenced petitioner to a term of six years imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction and a $6,000 fine. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Neff v. State, CACR 85-15 (July 10, 1985). Petitioner now seeks permission to proceed in circuit court for an evidentiary hearing pursuant to A.R.Cr.P. Rule 37 on the ground that his counsel at trial was generally ineffective. He cites nine specific examples of inadequate representation.

Petitioner first alleges that the prosecutor…