Dusten Blake Ward v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Ward’s petition for a writ of error coram nobis and denied his motions to file a supplemental brief and to reinvest jurisdiction in the circuit court. It held that Ward’s allegations concerning misleading advice about his sentence constituted an ineffective-assistance challenge to the voluntariness of his guilty plea, which had to be raised under the applicable postconviction procedure rather than through coram nobis. The court also held that Ward had not shown the type of duress or threats required for coram nobis relief based on a coerced plea.