Danny Lee Hooper v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of Hooper’s successive petition seeking scientific testing and a new mental evaluation under Act 1780. It held that he failed to rebut the statutory presumption that his petition was untimely and failed to identify facts showing that testing could establish actual innocence or satisfy the statutory requirements for relief. The court also rejected his renewed incompetence claim because the issue had previously been decided and the record did not establish newly discovered evidence, manifest injustice, or good cause.