Supreme Court of Arkansas

Robert Leander Stiggers, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

April 24, 20142014 Ark. LEXIS 247

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Stiggers’s post-conviction petition, concluding that he failed to prove either deficient performance or prejudice from counsel’s failure to investigate or call four potential witnesses. The proposed testimony concerning another possible shooter was inadmissible hearsay and did not directly link that person to the crime, while the remaining testimony did not establish a reasonable probability of a different trial outcome.