Saba K. Makkali v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the dismissal of Makkali’s third petition seeking scientific testing under Act 1780. It held that he failed to show that additional testing would materially advance an actual-innocence claim, that his challenges improperly sought to retry or reweigh the trial evidence, and that the petition was untimely because he satisfied none of the statutory exceptions. The court also concluded that his repeated claims constituted an abuse of the writ.