Edward Cave v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Cave’s habeas petition because his challenges to a witness’s credibility and his actual-innocence claim sought to relitigate issues resolved at trial and on direct appeal, not establish unlawful detention. The court also held that ineffective-assistance claims had to be raised through a timely postconviction petition and that Cave’s procedural default did not justify habeas relief. The court deemed Cave’s challenge to an erroneous case number abandoned because he did not argue it on appeal.