Billy Hoover v. State of Arkansas

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2024 Ark. App. 255

ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION II No. CR-23-586 Opinion Delivered April 17, 2024 BILLY HOOVER APPEAL FROM THE CRAWFORD APPELLANT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. 17CR-20-361] V. HONORABLE MICHAEL MEDLOCK, JUDGE STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE AFFIRMED STEPHANIE POTTER BARRETT, Judge Billy Hoover appeals the Crawford County Circuit Court’s order denying his petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Rule 37.1 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure (2022). On appeal, he argues that his trial counsel was ineffective because counsel failed (1) to include the 2012 nolle…