Rodney Williams, Petitioner v. State of Arkansas, Respondent

Summary

The court denied the petitioner's second request to reinvest the trial court with jurisdiction to consider a writ of error coram nobis. It held that the renewed Brady-related and habitual-offender claims abused the writ, the ineffective-assistance claims were outside coram-nobis proceedings, and the petitioner failed to satisfy the requirements of due diligence after more than thirty-one years. The court also rejected reliance on Martinez as a basis for expanding the limited scope of coram-nobis relief.