Mills v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court denying Appellant's pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking scientific testing of evidence from his criminal case, holding that Appellant failed to establish the timeliness of the petition or its merit.
Appellant was found guilty in 1994 of capital murder with the underlying offenses of kidnapping and rape and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. In 2019, Appellant filed the instant petition for scientific testing of evidence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-112-201 to -208. The trial court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Appellant did not establish by clear and convincing evidence that no reasonable fact-finder would find him guilty of the murder of the victim based on any specific testing; (2) Appellant did not satisfy any of the factors that would establish that his petition was timely; and (3) the trial court was not obligated to hold a hearing on the petition.
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