Elvis Aaron Thacker, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The Supreme Court of Arkansas affirmed the denial of Thacker’s petition for a writ of error coram nobis. It held that the withheld videos were not material to his Arkansas charges, that his coercion allegations were unsupported or legally insufficient for coram nobis relief, and that his actual-innocence claim was not preserved for appellate review because the circuit court had not ruled on it. Justice Hart, joined by Justice Danielson, dissented and would have required a hearing because the undisclosed entry video could support Thacker’s self-defense theory.