Bruce Allen Echols, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Echols’s Rule 37.1 petition, concluding that the record conclusively showed no ineffective assistance in counsel’s litigation of the arrest or search-warrant issues. The arrest was not pretextual because the officer testified that the outstanding warrant would have been executed regardless of the robbery investigation, and the affidavit supplied probable cause through direct and circumstantial information with sufficient time references. The court also denied mandamus relief and deemed Echols’s remaining motions moot.