Michael Dashun JACKSON, Petitioner v. STATE of Arkansas, Respondent

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Michael Dashun JACKSON, Petitioner v. STATE of Arkansas, Respondent No. CR-10-43 Supreme Court of Arkansas. Opinion Delivered: June 21, 2018 SHAWN A. WOMACK, Associate Justice Pending before this court is petitioner Michael Dashun Jackson's pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis. Jackson's claims for coram nobis relief are based on allegations that the prosecutor withheld material evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). Jackson was convicted of capital murder, criminal attempt to commit capital murder, and aggravated robbery with a firearm enhancement, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. We affirmed. Jackson v. State , 2011 Ark. 9, 429 S.W.3d 176. In his petition, Jackson alleges that the prosecution withheld evidence that the investigating detective, Dane Pedersen, had coerced Tina Jefferson into providing testimony implicating Jackson in the crimes; that the prosecution failed to disclose a videotaped pretrial statement provided to investigators by Jackson's codefendant, Cherick Coleman; and that the prosecution withheld evidence that a third party, Charles Bullock, was arrested and found in possession of a weapon involved in the crimes. A review of the direct-appeal record demonstrates that the material evidence alleged to have been withheld by prosecutors was known to the defense at the time of Jackson's trial, and Jackson has faile