Sammie L. Thomas, Jr. v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Thomas’s Rule 37.1 petition. It held that claims raised for the first time on appeal were not reviewable and that the claims preserved below lacked merit because the trial court had no duty to provide the asserted legal advice, the charging information was sufficient, the amendments did not unfairly surprise Thomas or change the offenses, and the remaining constitutional and prosecutorial-authority claims were conclusory or unsupported. No separate opinions were filed.