SWAIN v. STATE

No. CR-16-804.

515 S.W.3d 580 (2017)

2017 Ark. 117

Heather Carlene SWAIN, Appellant v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered: April 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Rosenzweig , Little Rock, for appellant.

Leslie Rutledge , Att'y Gen., by: Karen Virginia Wallace , Ass't Att'y Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


After a jury trial, Heather Swain was convicted as an accomplice to capital murder and kidnapping. She received sentences of life without parole for murder and twenty-five years for kidnapping. She now contends that she received ineffective assistance of counsel when her defense counsel allowed one of her accomplices...

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