Nalls v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of one count of delivery of cocaine. Defendant was sentenced as a habitual offender to 480 months’ imprisonment. Appellant subsequently filed a pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, alleging that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. The circuit court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the circuit court did not err in denying the petition without a hearing; and (2) based on the standard established in Strickland v. Washington, the circuit court did not err in finding that counsel’s performance was not constitutionally defective.
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