Wayne Ladell Taylor, Jr., Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Taylor’s post-conviction petition, holding that appellate counsel was not ineffective for failing to challenge the limitation on questioning the victims about why they were not charged with marijuana possession. The court concluded that Taylor had not preserved bias or Confrontation Clause arguments in the trial court, which had ruled only on relevance, so any appellate challenge would have been meritless or unavailable for review. No separate opinions were filed.