Spratt v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial in 2011, Appellant was found guilty of attempted residential burglary and sentenced as a habitual offender to 360 months’ imprisonment. In 2013, Appellant filed a pro se petition for postconviction relief, alleging that his trial counsel was ineffective by failing to investigate the jury pool and learn that two of the prospective jurors were employees of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) and by failing to allow the trial court to admonish the potential jurors regarding the ADC employees as the court had offered to do. The trial court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the trial court (1) did not err in denying the petition without holding an evidentiary hearing; and (2) did not clearly err in concluding that counsel’s performance was effective.
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