Rodney E. Barnett, Petitioner v. State of Arkansas, Respondent

Summary

The court denied Barnett’s second petition for permission to pursue coram-nobis relief based on alleged suppression of information about a confidential informant and alleged perjury by prosecution witnesses. It held that Barnett failed to show that the informant’s identity or testimony was concealed from the defense, that the information could not have been obtained at trial, or that a material constitutional violation occurred. Because he did not establish a fundamental factual error extrinsic to the record, he did not overcome the presumption that his conviction was valid.