Supreme Court of Arkansas

Riley v. State

May 21, 20152015 Ark. 232

Summary

The court denied Riley's request to reinvest jurisdiction in the circuit court to consider a writ of error coram nobis. Riley's claim that the victim was coerced to testify falsely and later recanted was not cognizable in a coram-nobis proceeding because recanted testimony constitutes a direct attack on the conviction. The court therefore did not reach whether Riley acted with due diligence.