Supreme Court of Arkansas

Mancia v. State

February 6, 20142014 Ark. 55

Summary

The court did not reach the merits of the appellant's ineffective-assistance claims because his brief failed to abstract any portion of the record. It ordered rebriefing, explaining that the guilty-plea hearing was material to review of the postconviction appeal and required in the abstract. The appellant was given forty days to file a compliant substituted brief, with possible affirmance for noncompliance if he failed to do so.