Leach v. Kelley (Majority, with Dissenting)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant did not state a ground in the petition on which the writ could issue.
In 2011, Appellant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. In his petition for writ of habeas corpus Appellant alleged that he was mentally incompetent both when the offense was committed and at the time of trial, that the evidence supporting his conviction was insufficient, and that, during the sentencing hearing, no mitigation evidence regarding his history of mental illness was submitted. The circuit court dismissed the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not clearly err when it rejected the petition as not cognizable under long-standing interpretation of the Arkansas habeas statute.
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