Steven L. McArthur v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of McArthur's habeas petition and denied his motion for default judgment. It held that his actual-innocence, trial-error, prosecutorial-misconduct, Brady, and related claims were not cognizable in habeas proceedings because they did not establish facial invalidity of the judgment or lack of jurisdiction. It also rejected his claims that the conviction was facially illegal because the judgment did not separately include aggravated robbery and that a speedy-trial violation deprived the trial court of jurisdiction.