Eckles v. State

TAYLOR, Judge.

The appellant, Donnie Lee Eckles, appeals from the summary denial of his petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, A.R.Crim.P. The appellant argued in his petition that his trial and appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance and that the court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the need for corroboration of an accomplice’s testimony. The trial court correctly found that the issues concerning the performance of his trial counsel and the instruction on accomplice testimony were proeedurally barred because these issues had been addressed on direct…