Supreme Court of Arkansas

Zayzhon Thompson v. Dexter Payne

October 28, 20212021 Ark. 197

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of Thompson’s habeas petition challenging the validity of his sentencing order. It held that his challenge to the electronic-signing procedures was not preserved because he raised a different administrative-order argument below, and independently held that an allegedly unsigned commitment order presents trial error rather than a facial-validity or jurisdictional defect cognizable in habeas proceedings.