Ardwin Sylvester, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Sylvester's postconviction petition. It held that counsel's decision not to call Sylvester's mother as a mitigation witness was trial strategy, that the DNA-report claim was not preserved because the trial court never ruled on it, and that the challenge to denial of the posttrial motion was not cognizable in a postconviction proceeding. No separate opinions were filed.