Supreme Court of Arkansas

Routy W. Abernathy v. Wendy Kelley

June 4, 2020602 S.W.3d 82

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of Abernathy’s habeas petition because none of his three claims showed that the commitment order was facially invalid or that the trial court lacked jurisdiction. His consecutive sixty-year sentence was legally authorized, while his claims concerning sentencing evidence and allocution alleged trial error that could not be litigated in habeas proceedings.