Dereck Pelletier, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Pelletier’s petition for a writ of error coram nobis. It held that pressure to plead guilty based on fear of a harsher sentence did not constitute the coercion required for coram nobis relief, that a double-jeopardy claim was outside the recognized scope of coram nobis, and that any claim based on counsel’s erroneous legal advice belonged in an untimely Rule 37.1 proceeding.