Supreme Court of Arkansas

Mister v. State.2

October 30, 20142014 Ark. 446

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Mister's postconviction petition. It held that some ineffective-assistance claims were abandoned, conclusory, or unreviewable because the circuit court had not ruled on them, while the plea-offer claim was barred from relitigation and independently concerned a strategic decision. The court applied clear-error review to the circuit court's findings under the two-part ineffective-assistance standard.