Duane J. Gonder v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court dismissed the consolidated appeal because the appellant could not prevail on either challenge to the denial of postconviction relief. It held that the mislabeled sentence-reduction petition should be treated as a postconviction petition, but the appellant failed to show ineffective assistance or plea-related prejudice because the challenged sentence was part of the negotiated agreement. The later petition was independently barred because all available grounds had to be raised in the original petition.