John Richard Lukach, Petitioner v. State of Arkansas, Respondent

Summary

The court dismissed the appeal concerning two of Lukach’s four convictions because the existing record showed that his claims could not succeed even if the requested supplementation were made. It ordered a supplemental record for the other two cases because Lukach’s challenge to the validity of two commitment orders could not be determined to be meritless on the record before the court. The court denied or deemed moot Lukach’s requests for additional briefing materials, counsel, copying, page expansion, and related relief, while directing him to brief only the surviving issues.