Bryant E. Turner Appellant v. State of Arkansas Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Turner’s postconviction petition because he failed to establish either deficient performance or prejudice under the governing ineffective-assistance standard. His claims concerning identification, witness investigation, mitigation evidence, judicial bias, and jury composition were either factually unsupported, matters of trial strategy, insufficient to establish prejudice, or impermissible attempts to relitigate trial issues. The court also held that challenges to the sufficiency and credibility of the evidence were not cognizable in postconviction proceedings.