Supreme Court of Arkansas

Arthur Lee Newton, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

December 18, 20142014 Ark. LEXIS 666

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of Newton's third postconviction petition because it repeated claims from his earlier petition and was filed outside the jurisdictional filing period. The court also declined to consider an ineffective-assistance theory raised for the first time on appeal and denied appointment of appellate counsel because the courts lacked jurisdiction over the matter.