Arkansas Supreme Court Decisions 2018

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the circuit court’s denial of his motion for reconsideration of an order that set a partial filing fee of twenty dollars with respect to Appellant’s pro se civil…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner was not entitled to relief. Petitioner, who…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se second petition to reinvest jurisdiction with the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner failed to demonstrate that the writ…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court dismissing Appellant’s petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that the circuit court did not err in dismissing the petition, limiting discovery for the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se motion for belated appeal and rule on clerk seeking to proceed with a belated appeal of the judgment pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Appellate Procedure-Criminal 2(e), holding…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed Defendant’s conviction of possession of methamphetamine, holding that the circuit court erred by denying Defendant’s motion to suppress because the search of Defendant’s wallet violated the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s interlocutory appeal from an order of the trial court that denied his pro se motion for reconsideration of the order that denied his motion to file an overlength amendment to his…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court so that he may file a petition for writ of error coram nobis in his criminal case, holding that Petitioner did not state a ground…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court remanded the instant appeal of the circuit court’s order denying Appellant’s pro se petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in which Appellant sought to proceed with a civil-rights complaint…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the circuit court denying Appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the circuit court did not err in dismissing the petition. Appellant was convicted for a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court dismissing with prejudice this administrative appeal from final orders of the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC), holding that the circuit court erred in…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the circuit court denying Appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that Appellant failed to establish that his sentence was facially illegal or that the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s denial of Appellant’s pro se petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in which he sought to proceed with a petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court remanded this matter, in which Appellant appealed the circuit court’s denial of his petition to proceed in forma pauperis with respect to his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, to the circuit…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the circuit court’s denial of his motion for reconsideration of an order that set a partial filing fee of thirty-five dollars with respect to his pro se petition for…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the circuit court’s denial of his motion for reconsideration of an order that set a partial filing fee of twenty dollars with respect to Appellant’s pro se civil…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the circuit court’s denial of his motion for reconsideration of an order that set a partial filing fee of thirty-five dollars with respect to Appellant’s pro se civil…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the circuit court denying his motion for reconsideration of an order that set a partial filing fee of twenty dollars with respect to Appellant’s pro se civil complaint…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the denial of the circuit court of his motion for reconsideration of an order that set a partial filing fee of twenty dollars with respect to Appellant’s pro se civil…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the circuit court’s denial of his motion for reconsideration of an order that set a partial filing fee of twenty dollars with respect to Appellant’s pro se civil…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the circuit court’s denial of his motion for reconsideration of an order that set a partial filing fee of twenty dollars with respect to Appellant’s pro se civil…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant a resentencing hearing and imposing a sentence of life with parole eligibility pursuant to the Fair Sentencing of Minors Act of 2017 (the Act),…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s order dismissing Appellant’s counterclaim for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), holding that the Court was unable to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s denial of Appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant’s arguments lacked merit. Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Appellant’s pro se petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on a petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that it was clear from the record that Appellant’s cause of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted Petitioner’s petition to reinvest the circuit court with jurisdiction to consider his petition for writ of error coram nobis or other relief, holding that that Petitioner stated sufficient…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s second pro se petition and supplemental petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner did not…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court convicting Appellant of first-degree murder and sentencing him to a term of life imprisonment, holding that substantial evidence supported the jury’s verdict that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that the circuit court did not err in denying the petition because the charges did not violate…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the denial of Appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, issued the writ, and remanded this case to the sentencing court, holding that Appellant’s judgment-and-commitment orders…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of manslaughter after a third trial and remanded this case for a new trial, holding that Defendant should have been permitted to argue that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant’s convictions for two counts of rape and sentences of life plus forty years’ imprisonment, holding that there was no prejudicial error in the proceedings below. Specifically, the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s denial and dismissal of Appellant’s petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Appellant failed to demonstrate that the trial court abused its discretion in denying…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s request to proceed with a petition for writ of error coram nobis and declined to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court or recall the mandate in Petitioner’s appeal but granted a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s petition asking that the Court reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court so that he may proceed with a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner did not…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court remanded for further findings of fact this appeal from the denial of Appellant’s petition to proceed in the circuit court as a pauper with a petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that the circuit…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s denial of Appellant’s pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant failed to allege a basis for the circuit court to grant the writ. Appellant was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant’s conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of life imprisonment, holding that there was no reversible error in the proceedings below. On appeal, Appellant argued that there was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part the judgment of the circuit court granting in part and denying in part Appellant’s unverified petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the trial court denying Petitioner’s petition for a writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner’s allegations did not provide a basis for the issuance of the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court so that he may file a petition for writ of error coram nobis in his criminal case and a motion for appointment of counsel,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s dismissal of Plaintiff’s complaint against several individuals (collectively, the State) seeking injunctive and declaratory relief and challenging his competence to be…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the circuit court’s order dismissing Appellant’s complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted Appellant’s petition for rehearing and issued this opinion reversing Appellant’s three rape convictions and remanded for a new trial or further proceedings, holding that the circuit court erred…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the circuit court to hold Tony Huffman, an attorney with the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), and Erika Eneks, a caseworker for the Crawford County DHS Office, in…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal from an order dismissing Appellant’s petition to correct a sentence imposed in an illegal manner under Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, rendering moot Appellant’s pro se motion requesting…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s denial of Appellant’s pro se petition to proceed in forma pauperis, holding that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in finding that Appellant should not be…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s petition asking the Court to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner failed to make sufficient…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s petition seeking a writ of error coram nobis, holding that the trial court’s findings were supported by the record, and the trial court did not abuse its…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal of an order denying him pauper status so that he could proceed with a petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge his convictions for capital murder and aggravated…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s petition challenging the sufficiency of a statewide-initiative petition entitled “An Act to Increase the Arkansas Minimum Wage Act,” a petition that was on the November 6, 2018…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s order entering a declaratory judgment finding that Senate Joint Resolution 8 was not referred in accord with article 19, section 22 of the Arkansas Constitution and issuing…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s order entering a preliminary injunction in favor of Plaintiff in his challenge to Act 633 of 2017, which concerns verification of voter registration, holding that Plaintiff…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s second petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to file a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that there was no merit to Petitioner’s allegations and that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the original action brought by Petitioner, individually and on behalf of Citizens for Local Choice, challenging the sufficiency of the ballot title with regarding to Issue Number 4, which…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the petition filed by Petitioners claiming that the popular name and ballot title of Issue Number 4, a proposed constitutional amendment concerning casino gambling, were insufficient, holding…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of Appellant’s petition for postconviction relief under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, holding that Appellant failed to challenge the basis for the circuit court’s dismissal…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant of rape and sentencing him to a term of life imprisonment, holding that the court did not abuse its discretion in granting the State’s…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s convictions of kidnapping, abuse of a corpse, and capital murder and his sentence of death, holding that there were no errors in the proceedings below that were prejudicial to…

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner’s petition for writ of mandamus in which he requested that the circuit judge assigned to his criminal case to enter an order on a petition for postconviction relief, holding that Petitioner failed to show a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the State’s appeal from the circuit court’s order granting Defendant’s motion to dismiss the charges against her based on a speedy-trial violation, holding that this was not a proper State…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of life imprisonment, holding that there was no abuse of discretion or error in the proceedings below. Specifically, the Court held…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the order of the circuit court dismissing with prejudice Appellant’s civil rights case in which he challenged the conditions of his confinement in the Arkansas Department of Correction, holding…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court dismissing Appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that the circuit court did not err in rejecting Appellant’s claim that he was subject to double…

Justia Opinion Summary: Zimmerman was arrested for theft of property over $25,000 and second-degree forgery on September 10, 2012. An information was filed on December 6. Zimmerman was arraigned on December 11 and was ordered to appear on…

Justia Opinion Summary: Fletcher was convicted of capital murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole plus an additional 15 years for using a firearm in the commission of the crime. Fletcher’s attorney filed a no-merit brief…

Justia Opinion Summary: The circuit court denied Whitney’s motion for reconsideration of an order that set a partial filing fee of $20 with respect to Whitney’s pro se civil complaint in tort against Chancellor. Whitney sought leave to file a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed Defendant’s convictions for first-degree murder and arson, holding that there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions but that the case must be remanded for a new trial due to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s convictions for three counts of rape, holding that the State presented sufficient evidence to convict Defendant of all three rapes and that the circuit court erroneously prohibited…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner failed to establish either a Brady violation…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se motion seeking a copy at public expense of all written material pertaining to his 1998 conviction of capital murder, holding that Petitioner failed to show that a copy of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed and dismissed the appeal brought by the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) appealing the circuit court’s denial of its motion to dismiss a complaint alleging violations of the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the circuit court did not clearly err in denying Appellant’s pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus. After Appellant’s convictions were affirmed on appeal, Appellant filed his first…

Justia Opinion Summary: At issue was the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission’s (MMC) process that resulted in a decision awarding five top scoring applicants medical-marijuana-cultivation-facility licenses. Naturalis Health, LLC, one of the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s dismissal of Appellant’s writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant failed to state a ground on which the writ could issue. As grounds for the writ, Appellant alleged…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part the circuit court’s denial of Appellant’s pro se petition for relief under Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, in which Appellant challenged his convictions in…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that because the petition that was the subject of the mandamus action in this case was acted on by Respondent, the mandamus action was moot. Petitioner filed a pro se petition or writ of mandamus…

Justia Opinion Summary: The trial court did not err in denying Appellant’s pro se petition to reconsider and/or modify sentence, in which Appellant sought postconviction relief from his sentence. The trial court denied relief, concluding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court remanded this matter regarding Appellant’s pro se petition to proceed in forma pauperis in a civil action. After the circuit court originally denied Appellant’s petition to proceed in forma pauperis,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from an order of the circuit court denying his pro se motion for relief from judgment filed pursuant to Ark. R. Civ. P. 60, thus rendering Appellant’s motions connected to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief challenging the guilty plea that he entered in 1995, holding that there was no ground stated in the petition on…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from an order of the circuit court dismissing Appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, rendering moot Appellant’s motion for an extension of time to file his…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s convictions of capital murder, kidnapping, and other crimes, holding that Defendant was not entitled to reversal of his convictions. Specifically, the Court held (1) the evidence…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant’s conviction of aggravated residential burglary and sentence of life imprisonment, holding that there was no prejudicial error in the proceedings below. Specifically, the Court held…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the trial court’s denial of his motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence, holding that it was clear from the record that Appellant could not prevail on…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the circuit court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner neither demonstrated that the writ should…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment and dismissal of Plaintiff’s civil rights and tort complaint on the ground of failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Plaintiff, an inmate…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant a resentencing hearing and imposing a life sentence with parole eligibility pursuant to the Fair Sentencing of Minors Act of 2017 (FSMA),…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s convictions for two counts of sexual assault in the second degree, thus rejecting Defendant’s challenges to the trial court’s decisions with respect to a pretrial motion. On…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se motion to proceed with a belated appeal. The Supreme Court previously remanded the case to the circuit court with directions to hold an evidentiary hearing to determine the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the denial of his pro se second amended Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1 petition, which rendered moot his motion for use of the record on appeal and for an extension of time to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis. Petitioner’s claim for issuance of the writ was that he was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part the circuit court’s dismissal of Appellant’s pro se petition for declaratory judgment and writ of mandamus challenging the Arkansas Department of…

Justia Opinion Summary: Ark. Code Ann. 14-56-202 confers upon cities of the first class the exclusive power to issue or refuse to issue buildings permits and to regulate the building of houses, thereby denying such power to the cities of the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court granting a petition for writ of mandamus filed by Jefferson County Judge Hank Wilkins ex rel. Jefferson County, Arkansas, holding that the circuit court did not…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s denial of Appellant’s motion requesting DNA testing pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-112-201 et seq., which, under certain circumstances, permits postconviction testing of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and dismissed in part the order of the circuit court denying Appellant’s petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.5. The Court reversed and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Appellant’s petition requesting that the court reconsider and/or modify the sentence imposed in his criminal case, holding that the trial court did not…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, which rendered moot Petitioner’s pro se motion to rely to the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s dismissal of Appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that the circuit court did not err when it found Appellant failed to state a ground for the writ. In…

Justia Opinion Summary: Arkansas’s Rules of Professional Conduct do not require attorney disqualification simply because the attorney had access to client information but did not gain actual knowledge while practicing at her former…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the circuit court’s dismissal of Appellant’s pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, wherein Appellant alleged that his life sentence was illegal pursuant to Miller…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from an order of the trying court dismissing without prejudice Appellant’s petition for writ of mandamus as moot, holding that the order dismissing the petition was not a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court denying and dismissing Appellant’s pro se petition or dismissal of fines or, in the alternative, for imposition of public-service work on the grounds that the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s motion to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for a writ of audit querela, which the Court treated as a petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s order terminating the parental rights of Father to his children, twins. At the termination hearing, the twins were three years old, and Father, who was incarcerated, had…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner failed to demonstrate a meritorious attack on the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed Appellant’s convictions for negligent homicide, driving while intoxicated, and reckless driving, holding (1) because the refusal to submit to a blood test pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 5-65-202…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s petition for writ of coram nobis, which rendered moot Appellant’s motion in which he sought permission to file a belated reply brief with a supplemental…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the trial court’s denial of his pro se petition for permission to proceed with a belated appeal, which rendered moot Appellant’s motion for extension of time to file…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis in his criminal case, holding that the petition was without merit,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed an interlocutory order granting a permanent injunction in favor of DataScout, LLC on its claims that Apprentice Information Systems, Inc. and David Randall Lamp (collectively, AIS) were liable…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s final judgment awarding damages to DataScout, LLC on DataScout’s claims that Apprentice Information Systems, Inc. and David Randall Lamp (collectively, Appellants) violated…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s order granting attorney’s fees to DataScout, LLC after DataScout prevailed on its claims against Appellants. DataScout sued Apprentice Information Systems, Inc. and David…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court dismissing Appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that Appellant failed to establish that the trial court lacked jurisdiction or that the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The circuit court did not clearly err when it denied Appellant’s request to file an affidavit of sovereignty based on its conclusion that the affidavit did not state a colorable cause of action that would entitle…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s denial of Appellant’s pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the circuit court did not clearly err in denying the petition. Appellant was convicted of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the circuit court’s order denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus, which mooted the pro se motions Appellant filed in connection with the appeal, holding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s pro se petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, holding that the trial court did not provide sufficient written…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the denial of his petition filed under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, which mooted Appellant’s motions in which he sought permission from the Supreme Court to include in the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court treated Petitioner’s pro se motion for belated appeal and rule on clerk seeking to proceed with a belated appeal of the judgment convicting him of sexual assault in the second degree as a motion for…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the circuit court’s denial of his pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus and for a writ of audita querela, which rendered moot his pro se motions related to the…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this interlocutory appeal, the Supreme Court reversed an order of the circuit court denying Defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissed Plaintiff’s complaint on the grounds that it was barred by the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s denial of Appellant’s request to proceed in forma pauperis with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which mooted the motion before the Court in which Appellant sought an…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant, after a jury trial, of aggravated residential burglary, aggravated assault on a family or household member, and first-degree terroristic…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and affirmed as modified in part the decision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission awarding benefits to Employee for injuries that arose out of and in the course and scope…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant of two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault in the second degree, holding that the circuit court erred by not…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s denial of Appellant’s pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in finding that Appellant stated insufficient…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s order granting Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s refund action pursuant to Ark. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(8) based on the doctrine of res judicata, holding that res judicata…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the order of the circuit court requiring the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) to provide Plaintiff, an Arkansas resident and attorney, with the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission that one-half of Oscar Gerard’s attorney’s fees must be paid by the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AG&F). Gerard sustained a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant’s conviction of capital murder, holding that there was substantial evidence to support the jury’s verdict that Appellant committed capital murder, and therefore, the circuit court did…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of the circuit court denying without a hearing Appellant’s petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37, holding that because the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part the circuit court’s denial of Appellant’s petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37. Appellant, who was convicted of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The circuit court correctly determined that the immunity provisions of Ark. Code Ann. 16-105-502 barred Appellants’ noise-based lawsuit against Brown-Wright Post No. 158 of the American Legion, Department of Arkansas,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court granting a preliminary inunction requested by Plaintiff, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated Arkansas taxpayers, holding that Geoffrey…

Justia Opinion Summary: Article 5, section 9 of the Arkansas Constitution applies to both elected and appointed public offices and applied in this case to an appointed municipal chief of police. The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Appellant’s pro se petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1 without holding an evidentiary hearing, holding that the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying, without a hearing, Appellant’s pro se petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1. In his petition, Appellant alleged…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of Appellant’s pro se petition and amended petition to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding that Appellant failed to demonstrate…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s pro se petition and amended petition to correct an illegal sentence. The trial court ruled that Appellant was not entitled to relief under Ark. Code Ann.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the denial of a pro se petition for a writ of error coram nobis alleging that his guilty plea was not voluntarily or intelligently entered with the assistance of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal from the circuit court’s denial of Appellant’s pro se petition for a writ of error coram nobis, in which Appellant alleged entitlement to coram nobis relief primarily on the basis…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s petition to correct an illegal sentence, holding that Appellant’s petition failed to state a basis for relief. The trial court denied Appellant’s…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s petition to correct an illegal sentence, holding that Appellant’s petition failed to state a basis for relief under either Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111 or…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s motion asking to be provided with a copy of four coram nobis petitions he previously filed that were denied by the trial court without requiring him to remit the standard…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se motion filed pursuant to the state Freedom of Information Act, in which Petitioner sought a copy at public expense of certain written material on file with the Supreme Court.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court modifying the visitation awarded to Father and denying Mother’s petition to modify the amount Father pays in child support, holding that the circuit court did not…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court modifying the visitation awarded to Father and denying Mother’s petition to modify the amount Father pays in child support. The Court held (1) under the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s motion seeking to proceed with the appeal of an order that dismissed his pro se petition for declaratory judgment and mandamus relief, holding that the order Petitioner sought to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se motion for belated appeal of an order that dismissed Petitioner’s pro se petition for declaratory judgment and mandamus relief, holding that the order that Petitioner would…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Appellant’s motion asking the Court to recall its mandate in his direct appeal affirming his conviction for capital murder and death sentence, holding that Appellant failed to demonstrate a…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this capital murder case, the Supreme Court denied Appellant’s motion to recall this court’s mandate in Appellant’s direct appeal, holding that there was no breakdown in the appellate process that would warrant…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction of capital murder and life sentence without the possibility of parole as required by law, holding that there was no reversible error in the proceedings below. On appeal,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s conviction of capital murder, holding that no reversible error occurred in this case. On appeal, Defendant argued that the trial court erred in allowing Latrenda Gibson, a witness…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this death-penalty case, the Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s request to recall the mandate for his resentencing in Ward v. State, 1 S.W.3d 1, 3 (1998) (Ward III), holding that Petitioner failed to meet the standard…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this capital murder case, the Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s motion to recall the mandate in Ward v. State, 1 S.W.3d 1, 3 (Ark. 1999) (Ward III), holding that Petitioner was not entitled to an independent defense…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s order granting Burger King’s motion for summary judgment in an action seeking relief from a tax assessment pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 26-18-406, holding that the circuit…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed and remanded this case to the Workers’ Compensation Commission for further proceedings, holding that the evidence indicating that Deputy Cleon Morgan was an independent contractor and,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court granting Burger King’s motion for summary judgment in an action seeking relief from a tax assessment pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 26-18-406, holding that the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission finding that, at the time of his injury, Deputy Cleon Morgan, Sr., had two employers, Brookshire Grocery Company and the Jefferson…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part an order of the circuit court denying Appellant’s motion to pursue his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis and ordering the Arkansas…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s order granting summary judgment for the City of Blytheville and against Mississippi County. The court held (1) the circuit court erred by defining “prisoners of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying, without a hearing, Appellant’s pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant did not state a ground for the writ in his…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part the order of the circuit court denying Appellant’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis and ordering the Arkansas Department of Correction to withhold…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal from the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the decision of the circuit court, vacated the court of appeals’ decision, and reinstated the decision of the circuit court,…

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant filed a notice of appeal from a circuit court’s grant of the Office of Child Support Enforcement’s motion to modify support and for judgment for past due child support. The court of appeals reversed the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Convent Corporation’s appeal from an order of the circuit court upholding the City of North Little Rock’s decision to condemn a business property, holding that pursuant to the holdings in…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of capital murder, thus rejecting Defendant’s arguments for reversal on appeal. After Defendant was convicted, Defendant was sentenced to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court treated Petitioner’s pro se “petition for review en banc of the clerks [sic] decision” as a motion for rule on clerk and dismissed the motion. Petitioner was convicted of eighteen counts of possession…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court treated Petitioner’s pro se motion for rule on clerk and for belated appeal as a motion for belated appeal and denied the motion, holding that Petitioner’s petition was wholly without merit. Petitioner…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner’s pro se sixth petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis. In his petition, Petitioner argued that his rights under…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of Appellant’s pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis without a hearing. In the petition, Appellant claimed that he was coerced by trial counsel into pleading…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the rulings of the circuit court permanently enjoining the Vera Lee Angel Revocable Trust, through trustees Johnny Angel and Paula Napper (“Angel”), from using for short-term rentals a house…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation in this negligence action filed by Robert Duran. Duran alleged that Southwest had…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this complaint alleging claims of invasion of privacy and outrage against the hospital who treated Patricia Cannady’s daughter before her death and a doctor and hospital employees, the Supreme Court affirmed the order…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the circuit court’s denial of his motion to refile a habeas petition, holding that Appellant’s appeal was not from an appealable order and that it was clear from the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, in which Appellant argued that he should be reentenced because his sentence of life imprisonment…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis filed by Petitioner, who was convicted of first-degree murder. Petitioner’s coram…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Appellant’s pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging a judgment reflecting his conviction on a robbery charge. The trial court found that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the petition filed by Petitioner requesting permission to proceed with an appeal of an order entered by the trial court denying his pro se petition for dismissal of fines, fees, and costs.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s denial of Appellant’s claim that she sustained a compensable brain injury while working in a Kroger store. The Commission found that Appellant’s…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the denial by the trial court of his pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis, which rendered moot Appellant’s motion for extension of brief time, holding that it…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this interlocutory appeal, the Supreme court reversed the circuit court’s disqualification of counsel for Appellant. The circuit court dismissed counsel on the basis that counsel had a conflict and was disqualified…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this interlocutory appeal, the Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court denying the motion filed by Appellant, the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, to dismiss an action brought by Appellee…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this interlocutory appeal, the Supreme Court reversed and remanded in part and dismissed in part the circuit court’s denial of the motion filed by Appellants - employees of Arkansas State University - to dismiss…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the denial by the Chico County Circuit Court of his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, which rendered moot Appellant’s motion seeking to file a belated brief on…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court dismissing Appellant’s pro se petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, in which Appellant argued that his attorneys provided…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted Petitioner’s pro se petition or writ of mandamus seeking to compel the circuit judge to rule on a pro se petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, a motion for a copy…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from the circuit court’s denial of his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, in which Appellant alleged that the judgment-and-commitment order entered in his criminal…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Appellant from the Lincoln County Circuit Court’s denial of his pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant filed his petition pursuant to Ark. Code Ann.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal from an order of the Lee County Circuit Court denying his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus filed under Ark. Coe Ann. 16-112-101 to -123. In his petition, Appellant…