Supreme Court of Arkansas
Khalin Collins v. State of Arkansas
April 12, 2018542 S.W.3d 864
Summary
The court held that the trial court improperly denied Collins's postconviction petition without an evidentiary hearing or sufficiently specific written findings. Collins's allegations concerning an uninvestigated alibi witness and a possible speedy-trial violation were not conclusively meritless on the existing record. The court reversed and remanded for a hearing limited to those two ineffective-assistance claims and for completion of the trial docket. The court also held that Collins's postconviction petition was timely filed after resentencing.