Jerry Lard v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the circuit court’s determination that Lard knowingly and intelligently waived his postconviction remedies, including his Rule 37.5 petition. It also held that his claim that intellectual disability barred execution was not ripe because no execution date had been set. The court therefore upheld dismissal of the postconviction petition and declined to reach the merits of the intellectual-disability claims.