Supreme Court of Arkansas

Leonard Noble, Petitioner v. State of Arkansas, Respondent

July 31, 20142014 Ark. LEXIS 415

Summary

The court denied permission to proceed with a coram-nobis petition because the petitioner identified no specific favorable evidence that the State suppressed and failed to show a reasonable probability of a different outcome. The court held that vague allegations concerning hospital records, rape-kit evidence, and other purportedly missing evidence did not satisfy the burden for coram-nobis relief. To the extent the petition challenged the sufficiency of the trial evidence, the court held that such a claim is not cognizable in coram-nobis proceedings.