Jerry Dewayne Savage, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the summary denial of Savage’s Rule 37.1 petition, holding that he failed to establish either deficient performance or prejudice for his ineffective-assistance claims. The alleged witness testimony and mental-health evidence did not meaningfully address competency at trial, and Savage offered only conclusory assertions concerning the remaining claims. The court also held that his statute-of-limitations theory lacked merit and that his independent constitutional-error claims were procedurally barred or factually unsupported.