Hutson L. Burks v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court denied Burks's fourth pro se petition seeking permission to pursue coram nobis relief. It held that his challenges to witness credibility, alleged prosecutorial misconduct, false testimony, and the sufficiency of the evidence were either not cognizable because they were matters within the record or had already been litigated. The court also held that reasserting the claim concerning Emma Mickles's testimony without new distinguishing facts constituted an abuse of the writ.