Darren Woodruff v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Woodruff’s petition to correct an illegal sentence. It held that his capital-murder sentence was not facially illegal because the law in effect when he committed the offense did not require an underlying felony and his life-without-parole sentence was authorized. It also held that his claims concerning the missing capital-murder subsection challenged the manner of sentencing and were untimely under the applicable postconviction deadline.