Eric Flowers v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court dismissed Flowers's appeal from the denial of his postconviction petition because the record showed that he could not prevail on any of his five ineffective-assistance claims. The claims concerned defense strategy, counsel's experience, an unexpected witness statement, allegedly defective charging and jury instructions, and speedy trial. The court concluded that counsel's challenged decisions were reasonable or that the underlying objections lacked merit, and that defense-requested continuances were fully chargeable to Flowers.