Heffernan v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseThe Arkansas Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se second petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis. Petitioner, who was convicted by a jury of capital felony murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, asserted in his petition that the prosecution committed a violation of Brady v. Maryland by withholding evidence at the time of trial. The Supreme Court held (1) the allegations advanced by Petitioner did not warrant reinvesting jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a coram nobis petition; and (2) further, Petitioner failed to exercise due diligence in bringing this coram nobis petition.
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