Ricky L. Smith, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of post-conviction relief, holding that counsel was not ineffective for declining to call unreliable alibi witnesses or for failing to obtain additional forensic experts. The remaining claims were either unpreserved because they were not raised in the original petition or failed because Smith did not establish that the speedy-trial issue had merit or that its preservation would have changed the outcome. The court applied the deferential clear-error standard and the two-pronged ineffective-assistance test.