Heather Carlene Swain, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of postconviction relief on the ineffective-assistance claim because counsel's decision to call an accomplice was a reasonable strategic choice aimed at placing Swain's participation in context. The court declined to reach Swain's disproportionate-sentence and trial-penalty claims because they were unpreserved trial-error claims and did not involve fundamental errors cognizable in a postconviction proceeding.