Trozzie Lavelle Turner, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of postconviction relief, holding that counsel was not ineffective for failing to seek dismissal on speedy-trial grounds because the State could establish more than 581 days of excludable delay. The continuances were requested by Turner or his counsel, and the contemporaneous orders sufficiently memorialized the excluded periods even though they did not specify a definite future trial date. The court reviewed the circuit court's findings for clear error and found none.