Susan Houghton, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Houghton’s Rule 37 petition without an evidentiary hearing. It held that the record conclusively showed no ineffective assistance from counsel’s failure to object to the prosecutor’s remarks, that any possible comment on Houghton’s decision not to testify was harmless in light of the jury instructions and overwhelming evidence, and that cumulative error is not cognizable as an ineffective-assistance claim. Houghton’s separate suppression allegation was abandoned because she did not pursue it on appeal.