Ricky Lee Scott v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Scott's motion for a default judgment and his petition seeking scientific testing of handwritten witness statements. It held that the applicable habeas statute requires a State response but does not authorize default judgment, and that Scott's testing claims were barred because they were untimely and repeated allegations from an earlier petition, constituting an abuse of the writ. The court also affirmed on the alternative ground that the statements had not been introduced into evidence.