Supreme Court of Arkansas

Gonder v. State

October 1, 20152015 Ark. 351

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Gonder's postjudgment request for additional documents and denied his motion to hold the appeal in abeyance. It held that the criminal discovery process had ended, that postconviction proceedings do not provide a right to discovery, and that Gonder identified no continuing obligation requiring the prosecutor to obtain documents outside the prosecutor's file. The court also held that perfecting the appeal deprived the trial court of jurisdiction to modify the challenged order.