Roosevelt Abernathy, Petitioner v. State of Arkansas, Respondent

Summary

The court dismissed the petitioner's third request to reinvest the trial court with jurisdiction to consider another postconviction petition because Arkansas law required him to raise all postconviction claims in his original petition. The court held that federal decisions concerning ineffective-assistance claims did not eliminate reasonable state limits on successive postconviction petitions, and it therefore found the motion to introduce exhibits moot.