Supreme Court of Arkansas

Turner v. State

October 24, 20132013 Ark. 421

Summary

The court dismissed Turner’s appeal from the denial of his petition seeking scientific testing under Act 1780 and held his motion to appoint counsel moot. Turner filed the petition nearly twelve years after judgment, knew of the evidence at trial, and therefore failed to rebut the statutory presumption that the petition was untimely; his additional claims were not cognizable under Act 1780.