Lemuel S. Whiteside v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Whiteside’s Rule 37.1 petition. It held that his freestanding Eighth Amendment challenge was procedurally barred because it could have been raised on direct appeal, and that none of his ineffective-assistance claims satisfied the required deficiency and prejudice standards. The court also declined to abandon its rule barring cumulative-error review of ineffective-assistance claims.