Tevin A. Bradley v. State of Arkansas — Wood, J., Dissenting

Summary

Justice Wood dissented from the dismissal of Bradley’s appeal for failure to include the affidavit required by the Rule 37 verification provision. She reasoned that verification is a mandatory procedural, or claim-processing, requirement rather than a subject-matter-jurisdictional prerequisite, so the issue could not be raised sua sponte after the State failed to preserve it. She would have reached and affirmed on the merits.