Richard Leon Strong v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court dismissed Strong's appeal from the denial of his Act 1780 petition because he could not prevail. The court held that Act 1780's predicate requirement that identity have been at issue was not satisfied where the victim knew and specifically identified Strong as the rapist, and it rejected his related testing requests on that basis. The court also held that his prosecutorial-misconduct, due-process, equal-protection, abuse-of-discretion, and sufficiency claims were not cognizable under Act 1780, leaving his motions for record access and appointed counsel moot.