Terry Lee Ward v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court denied Ward’s motions seeking to expand the record, reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court, raise new postconviction claims, obtain documents, proceed without notarized filings, and obtain other relief. It held that the appeal was limited to the single ineffective-assistance claim raised in the Rule 37.1 petition and addressed by the trial court, and that Ward could not use the appeal to assert direct attacks on his conviction or add new factual material. The court granted Ward forty additional days to file his brief and directed that he receive a copy of the record for that purpose.