Greg Hogue, Petitioner v. State of Arkansas, Respondent

Summary

The court denied Hogue’s second petition for permission to pursue coram nobis relief because his allegations concerning an undisclosed intimate relationship between the prosecutor and trial judge were conclusory and did not identify material, favorable evidence, suppression, or prejudice. The court also held that the alleged misconduct did not demonstrate a fundamental error within the recognized scope of coram nobis relief. Justice Josephine Linker Hart, dissenting, would have treated the petition as raising an actual judicial-bias claim within coram nobis and considered its merits.