Rodney Dale Harmon v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Harmon’s Rule 37 petition without a hearing. It held that an alleged Fourth Amendment violation arising from a documentary film crew’s presence during a search was an ordinary trial-error claim, not the kind of fundamental error cognizable in postconviction proceedings. It also held that counsel was not ineffective for failing to seek suppression on a novel theory whose criminal remedy was unsettled, and that the petition and record conclusively showed that Harmon was entitled to no relief.