Ralph Pruitt, Petitioner v. State of Arkansas, Respondent

Summary

The court denied Pruitt’s request to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a writ of error coram nobis. It held that ineffective-assistance claims must be raised through the ordinary state postconviction procedure, and that alleged inadequacy of that procedure did not expand coram-nobis relief. Pruitt’s alleged suppression claim also failed because he identified no specific evidence withheld by the State or facts supporting the claim.