Supreme Court of Arkansas

Clemmons v. State

October 24, 20132013 Ark. 420

Summary

The court dismissed the appeal from the denial of Clemmons’s habeas petition because his claims were outside the limited scope of the statutory actual-innocence procedure. The statute permits relief based on newly discovered scientific evidence, but does not provide a vehicle for claims concerning missing physical evidence, insufficiency of the evidence, ineffective assistance, or due process. His pending motions were therefore moot.