Christopher Beverage, Appellant v. State of Arkansas Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Beverage’s postconviction petition alleging ineffective assistance based on counsel’s failure to request a competency hearing. Applying clear-error review and the two-part ineffective-assistance test, the court held that Beverage failed to show prejudice because multiple evaluators found him competent and he did not identify additional evidence that would have overcome those findings.