Alphonso S. Wilson, Petitioner v. State of Arkansas, Respondent

Summary

The court denied Alphonso Wilson’s request to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court so he could pursue coram-nobis relief based on his mother’s delayed affidavit recanting statements that implicated him. The court held that the affidavit did not establish withheld exculpatory evidence, a timely third-party confession, or a fundamental error that would have prevented the judgment, particularly because Wilson’s own confession described his participation and the affidavit did not negate it. The court also denied Wilson’s motion for leave to file a belated reply.