Greg Hogue, Petitioner v. State of Arkansas, Respondent

Summary

The court denied Hogue’s second petition to reinvest the trial court with jurisdiction to consider coram nobis relief because his allegations concerning an alleged relationship between the prosecutor and trial judge were conclusory, unsupported by specific facts, and failed to establish a material Brady violation, prejudice, or an eligible coram nobis error. The court also concluded that the alleged misconduct and asserted effects on trial rulings did not demonstrate a fundamental error that would have prevented rendition of the judgment. Justice Josephine Linker Hart, dissenting, would have considered Hogue’s judicial-bias claim on the merits as an alleged claim of actual bias.