George v. State
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Cite as 2009 Ark. 444
ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT
No.
CR 09-545
Opinion Delivered
RICHARD DONNELL GEORGE
Petitioner
v.
STATE OF ARKANSAS
Respondent
September 24, 2009
PRO SE PETITION FOR REVIEW AND
MOTION FOR RELEASE ON BOND
[CIRCUIT COURT OF MILLER
COUNTY, CR 99-31, HON. KIRK D.
JOHNSON, JUDGE]
PETITION DISMISSED; MOTION
MOOT.
PER CURIAM
The petitioner, Richard Donnell George, appealed an order revoking his probation to the
Arkansas Court of Appeals. The court of appeals affirmed the judgment. George v. State, 2009 Ark.
App. 299, 2009 WL 1086471 (unpublished). Petitioner has now filed in this court a pro se petition
for review of the decision by the court of appeals. After filing his petition, petitioner filed a pro se
motion requesting release on bond during the continuation of his appeal.
We do not reach the merits of the petition because petitioner filed the petition proceeding
pro se, even though he was represented by counsel on appeal. We do not allow a petitioner to
substitute his judgment, concerning whether and how to request a petition for review, for that of his
attorney. Brewer v. State, 371 Ark. 532, 268 S.W.3d 332 (2007) (per curiam). Accordingly, we
dismiss the petition without further consideration. Petitioner’s motion for bond is therefore moot.
Petition dismissed; motion moot.
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