Arkansas Supreme Court Decisions 2021
Date: December 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 236
Date: December 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 ARK. 237
Date: December 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 233
Docket Number: CV-20-363
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Appellants' motion to set aside an order probating their father's will and appointing their stepmother, Appellee, as personal representative of…
Date: December 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 230
Docket Number: CV-20-568
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court ordering certain messages to be released because they constituted "public records" pursuant to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Ark. Code Ann.…
Date: December 9, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 229
Date: December 9, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 228
Docket Number: CR-21-29
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and dismissed as moot in part the order of the circuit court that disposed of Appellant's motion for the return of seized property, holding that the circuit court correctly held that…
Date: December 9, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 227
Docket Number: CV-20-643
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the circuit court's dismissal of Plaintiff's lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, Arkansas Medical Marijuana…
Date: December 2, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 221
Docket Number: CR-93-189
Date: December 2, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 225
Docket Number: CV-21-233
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's order dismissing Appellant's complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief, holding that there was no error. Appellant was cited for aiding and abetting two individuals…
Date: December 2, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 219
Docket Number: CV-21-279
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court denying Plaintiff's motion for class-action certification in her suit against Defendant, a car dealership, holding that the circuit court abused its discretion…
Date: November 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 218
Date: November 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 216
Docket Number: CR-20-513
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se habeas petition filed under Ark. Code Ann. 16-112-201, holding that a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to section 16-112-210 could…
Date: November 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 215
Docket Number: CR-21-148
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court convicting Defendant of raping six-year-old M.H. and sentencing him to an enhanced sentence of life imprisonment without parole, holding that there was no…
Date: November 12, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 205
Docket Number: CR-11-1161
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 raise allegations that warranted…
Date: November 12, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 210
Docket Number: CR-18-546
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to allow him to file a petition for writ of error coram nobis in his criminal case, holding that the claims raised by…
Date: November 12, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 207
Docket Number: CR-20-284
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Petitioner's petition for postconviction relief without holding an evidentiary hearing, holding that there was no error. Petitioner was convicted of…
Date: November 12, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 206
Docket Number: CR-21-154
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's petition for postconviction relief, holding that there was no error. Appellant was convicted of murdering his wife. He later filed this…
Date: November 12, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 211
Docket Number: Cv-20-713
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Plaintiff's employment discrimination complaint against Mercy Hospital Rogers, holding that the circuit court erred in…
Date: November 12, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 212
Docket Number: CV-21-147
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's fourth pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant failed to demonstrate that he was entitled to relief. In his…
Date: November 12, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 208
Docket Number: CV-21-201
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court that denied Appellant's request for injunctive relief preventing the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) from terminating his employment and…
Date: November 12, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 204
Docket Number: CV-21-313
Date: November 12, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 213
Docket Number: CV-21-36
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the circuit court denying the State's motion to dismiss this complaint alleging that Defendants, in their official capacities, had terminated him in violation of public policy…
Date: November 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 203
Date: November 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 201
Docket Number: CR-21-118
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's motion to correct clerical errors in his sentencing order, holding that Appellant's sentencing order contained…
Date: November 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 199
Docket Number: CV-19-786
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court decree quieting and confirming title in 173.5 acres of Lee County property in favor of Appellees in this case, holding that the circuit court's findings were clearly…
Date: October 28, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 198
Docket Number: CR-05-1407
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's pro se second petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner failed to establish sufficient…
Date: October 28, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 195
Docket Number: CR-13-122
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's petitions for writ of habeas corpus, to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a writ of error coram nobis, and to recall the mandate, holding that Petitioner was not…
Date: October 28, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 190
Docket Number: CR-90-247
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's pro se second petition and amended second petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner's claim…
Date: October 28, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 194
Docket Number: CR-99-1267
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 coram nobis, holding that none of Petitioner's claims established grounds for the…
Date: October 28, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 191
Docket Number: CV-20-550
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's order granting Father's motion for modification of custody of the parties' daughter, holding that the court did not err in modifying the previous custody order after finding…
Date: October 28, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 196
Docket Number: CV-20-663
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal for lack of a final or otherwise appealable order, holding that the orders Appellants were attempting to appeal were not appealable on an interlocutory basis. In this class-action…
Date: October 28, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 189
Docket Number: CV-21-120
Date: October 28, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 197
Docket Number: CV-21-168
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant was not entitled to relief. Appellant was convicted of six felony…
Date: October 21, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 187
Docket Number: CV-19-62
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court reversing the determination of an Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) administrative law judge (ALJ) that allegations of child maltreatment made against…
Date: October 21, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 188
Docket Number: CV-19-63
Date: October 21, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 183
Docket Number: CV-21-289
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court's order finding that both Rule 2.13(b)(5) of the Casino Gaming Rules and Ark. Code Ann. 27-117-101(b) are unconstitutional, holding that the circuit court erred. In 2019, the…
Date: October 14, 2021
Citation: 2021 ARK. 182
Docket Number: CR-07-954
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to allow him to file a petition for writ of error coram nobis in his criminal case, holding that Petitioner failed to…
Date: October 14, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 176
Docket Number: CR-08-616
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's second pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to allow him to file a petition for writ of error coram nobis in his criminal case, holding that Petitioner failed…
Date: October 14, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 181
Docket Number: CR-12-7
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's second pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis and seeking the appointment of postconviction counsel, holding…
Date: October 14, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 175
Docket Number: CR-14-580
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 present a cognizable claim for…
Date: October 14, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 178
Docket Number: CR-18-424
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 a ground for the…
Date: October 14, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 180
Docket Number: CR-20-122
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's petition to correct an illegal sentence filed pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding that Appellant failed to allege facts to…
Date: October 14, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 177
Docket Number: CR-21-62
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition to correct an illegal sentence, holding that the circuit court erred in denying the petition. Appellant pled guilty to one…
Date: October 14, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 179
Docket Number: CV-21-163
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court answered a certified question from federal court about whether Arkansas law prevented Plaintiffs from pursuing their breach of contract claim when the first breach occurred outside of the state of…
Date: October 7, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 173
Docket Number: CR-95-549
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Defendant's request for a writ of error coram nobis, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief. Defendant was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of four people. Defendant…
Date: October 7, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 172
Docket Number: CR-98-463
Date: September 30, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 169
Date: September 30, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 171
Date: September 30, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 166
Docket Number: CR-20-505
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of rape, holding that none of Defendant's arguments on appeal entitled him to a reversal of his conviction. On appeal, Defendant did not challenge the sufficiency of the…
Date: September 23, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 165
Date: September 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 164
Date: September 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 159
Docket Number: CR-00-1258
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 raise a cognizable claim for…
Date: September 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 157
Docket Number: CR-20-520
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus that sought to compel the disclosure of documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Ark. Code…
Date: September 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 158
Docket Number: CR-21-3
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first-degree murder, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by not giving a jury instruction on…
Date: September 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 161
Docket Number: CR-21-43
Date: September 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 156
Docket Number: CR-21-59
Date: September 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 160
Docket Number: CR-81-130
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 alleging that he was denied effective counsel prior to his criminal…
Date: September 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 155
Docket Number: CV-20-525
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant stated no ground in the petition on which the writ could issue.…
Date: September 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 162
Docket Number: CV-20-540
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of Appellant's pro se civil rights complaint filed pursuant to the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993 (ACRA), Ark. Code Ann. 16-123-101 to -108, in which he alleged that Arkansas…
Date: September 16, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 154
Docket Number: CV-20-723
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying and dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in the county of his incarceration, holding that Appellant failed to demonstrate…
Date: June 24, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 151
Docket Number: CV-20-714
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court denying mother's motion to prohibit the Arkansas Department of Human Services (ADHS) from immunizing her one-year-old daughter, M.S., over her objection after the…
Date: June 17, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 140
Docket Number: CV-20-492
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court answered a certified question in the negative and held that Ark. Code Ann. 27-34-106(a) does not violate the separation of powers doctrine under article 4, section 2, and Amendment 80, section 3 of the…
Date: June 17, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 136
Docket Number: CV-20-536
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying the motion to dismiss this action against the Arkansas Department of Education, members of the Arkansas State Board of Education, and the Commissioner…
Date: June 17, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 145
Docket Number: CV-20-698
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant stated no ground on which the writ could issue. Appellant entered a plea of…
Date: June 17, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 149
Docket Number: CV-20-725
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Petitioner's claim for habeas relief on the grounds that Petitioner's allegations should have been raised at trial or in a timely petition under…
Date: June 17, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 147
Docket Number: CV-21-135
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's petition to proceed in forma pauperis with respect to a petition for writ of certiorari, holding that Petitioner was not entitled to relief. Petitioner, proceeding pro se, submitted…
Date: June 10, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 135
Date: June 10, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 132
Docket Number: CR-19-901
Date: June 10, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 130
Docket Number: CR-20-630
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding that Appellant failed to demonstrate that his…
Date: June 10, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 134
Docket Number: CR-20-690
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's petition to correct an illegal sentence, filed pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding that Appellant failed to allege facts that…
Date: June 10, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 131
Docket Number: CR-21-15
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Defendant's petition for relief from an illegal sentence under Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding that the circuit court did not err. Defendant pleaded…
Date: June 10, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 129
Docket Number: CR-21-38
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the judgment of the circuit court denying Defendant's pro se petition to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding…
Date: June 10, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 128
Docket Number: CR-93-284
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's pro se fourth petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for a writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner failed to allege sufficient grounds…
Date: June 10, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 133
Docket Number: CV-20-682
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this interlocutory appeal brought by the State challenging a sanctions order entered by the circuit court pursuant to Ark. R. Civ. P. 37, holding that this Court lacked appellate jurisdiction…
Date: June 3, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 125
Docket Number: CV-20-174
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed and dismissed the adoption order of the circuit court, holding that the circuit court erred in determining that Father's consent was not required in the adoption of his two minor children to…
Date: June 3, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 124
Docket Number: CV-20-82
Date: June 3, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 126
Docket Number: D-21-231
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court accepted the findings of fact by the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission and its recommendation that the Court suspend the Honorable Barry Sims of the Sixth Judicial District,…
Date: May 27, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 121
Date: May 27, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 122
Date: May 27, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 123
Date: May 27, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 119
Docket Number: CR-13-1022
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 that the State violated…
Date: May 27, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 120
Docket Number: CR-20-598
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant's appeal from the denial of his petition for writ of mandamus/prohibition, holding that Appellant filed his petition in the wrong county. A Phillips County jury convicted Appellant…
Date: May 27, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 117
Docket Number: CV-20-416
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Appellant's…
Date: May 27, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 116
Docket Number: CV-20-560
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant stated no ground on which the writ could issue. Appellants was convicted…
Date: May 27, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 118
Docket Number: CV-20-709
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant's claims fell outside the purview of habeas relief. Appellant was convicted…
Date: May 20, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 115
Date: May 20, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 114
Docket Number: CR-20-407
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court resentencing Appellant to a term of life imprisonment, holding that the circuit court did not err in denying Appellant's resentencing motion,…
Date: May 13, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 111
Docket Number: CR-09-255
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 none of Petitioner's claims established a ground for…
Date: May 13, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 108
Docket Number: CR-14-1060
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's pro se third petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner failed to demonstrate in the petition that the writ…
Date: May 13, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 112
Docket Number: CR-20-283
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Petitioner's pro se petition to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding that the trial court did not err. In his…
Date: May 13, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 110
Docket Number: CR-20-447
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's successive pro se petition requesting or obtaining an authorization order for leave to amend and supplement records pursuant to Act…
Date: May 13, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 113
Docket Number: CR-20-573
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Appellant's pro se petition for a writ of error coram nobis, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying relief. Defendant…
Date: May 13, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 109
Docket Number: CR-21-60
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's pro se petition for a writ of mandamus asking the Supreme Court to compel the circuit court to conduct a hearing on his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed under Ark. Code Ann.…
Date: May 13, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 107
Docket Number: CV-19-386
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying and dismissing Appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-112-101, holding that Appellant failed to establish…
Date: May 6, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 101
Docket Number: CR-19-421
Date: May 6, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 105
Docket Number: CV-20-164
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court finding that Ark. Code Ann. 2-16-206(a), which sets forth the appointment process for members of the Arkansas State Plant Board (ASPB), was constitutional,…
Date: May 6, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 103
Docket Number: CV-20-173
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed on direct appeal the order of the circuit court denying in part Monsanto Company's motion for judgment on the pleadings and concluding that the Arkansas State Plant Board's Regulation 7 does…
Date: April 29, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 100
Date: April 29, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 98
Docket Number: CR-20-176
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's petition for postconviction relief under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1 without holding an evidentiary hearing, holding that the petition and…
Date: April 29, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 96
Docket Number: CR-20-232
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court sentencing Defendant to life imprisonment after a resentencing hearing, holding that no prejudicial error occurred. Defendant, who was seventeen when he…
Date: April 29, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 97
Docket Number: CR-20-553
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the conclusions of the trial court denying Petitioner's petition and amended petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, holding that the trial court did not err…
Date: April 29, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 95
Docket Number: CR-20-599
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition to correct an illegal sentence under Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding that Appellant failed to allege that his sentence…
Date: April 29, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 93
Docket Number: CR-20-640
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed an order of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Appellant failed to demonstrate that the circuit court abused its discretion in…
Date: April 29, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 94
Docket Number: CV-20-288
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the circuit court denying and dismissing Appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Ark. Code Ann.16-112-101, holding that Appellant failed to state a…
Date: April 29, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 99
Docket Number: CV-20-637
Date: April 22, 2021
Citation: 2021 ARK. 92
Date: April 22, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 89
Docket Number: CR-11-613
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 and for clarification of certain dates in which Petitioner claimed…
Date: April 22, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 90
Docket Number: CV-19-934
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed an order of the circuit court finding in favor of Welspun Tubular, LLC in this challenge to a disallowed compensating-use-tax exemption, holding that the circuit court did not err. A "sales…
Date: April 22, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 87
Docket Number: CV-20-420
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-112-101, holding that Appellant failed to demonstrate…
Date: April 15, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 86
Date: April 15, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 77
Docket Number: CR-19-695
Justia Opinion Summary: In this criminal case, the Supreme Court held that Defendant was entitled to proceed with a belated appeal and that Defendant was indigent. Defendant was convicted of aggravated assault on a family member and was…
Date: April 15, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 80
Docket Number: CR-20-106
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed and vacated the judgment of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's conviction of first-degree assault and sentencing him to thirty days in jail, holding that Defendant failed to perfect his…
Date: April 15, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 78
Docket Number: CR-20-245
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Petitioner's postconviction petition filed under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37, holding that the circuit court did not err. Defendant was convicted of four…
Date: April 15, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 73
Docket Number: CR-20-583
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this interlocutory appeal brought by the State pursuant to Ark. R. App. P.-Crim. 3 arguing that the circuit court erred in granting Defendant's motion to suppress medical records obtained…
Date: April 15, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 84
Docket Number: CR-98-1452
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 failed to allege cognizable grounds for…
Date: April 15, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 75
Docket Number: CV-19-625
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and dismissed in part the divorce decree and orders of contempt of the circuit court in this divorce case, holding that the circuit court did not err or abuse its…
Date: April 15, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 79
Docket Number: CV-20-467
Date: April 15, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 85
Docket Number: CV-20-559
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying and dismissing Appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant failed to show that he was entitled to issuance of the…
Date: April 15, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 83
Docket Number: CV-20-613
Date: April 15, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 82
Docket Number: CV-20-724
Date: April 8, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 72
Date: April 8, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 70
Docket Number: CR-20-597
Date: April 8, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 70
Docket Number: CR-20-597
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant's petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37, holding that the court did not err by denying the petition without a…
Date: April 1, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 69
Date: March 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 65
Date: March 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 66
Date: March 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 67
Date: March 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 68
Date: March 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 63
Docket Number: CV-19-663
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's petition for a writ of mandamus with prejudice under Ark. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), holding that the circuit court did not abuse its…
Date: March 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 62
Docket Number: CV-20-421
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court expanded the exception to the parental-immunity doctrine when the minor brings a direct-action suit against an insurance carrier for uninsured-motorist coverage to cover direct-action claims when…
Date: March 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 60
Docket Number: CV-20-480
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case stemming from ad valorem tax assessments, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing this matter for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, holding that that the matter was…
Date: March 11, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 53
Docket Number: CR-11-331
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's pro se motion to recall the mandate issued by the Supreme Court on direct appeal, his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and his motion for joinder of claims, holding that…
Date: March 11, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 58
Docket Number: CR-19-824
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's motion for a directed verdict, holding that the circuit court did not err in denying the motion. After a jury trial, Appellant was…
Date: March 11, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 55
Docket Number: CV-20-562
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court granting Petitioners' request for a preliminary injunction and finding that the entirety of Ark. Code Ann. 7-9-601(b) is unconstitutional, holding that the…
Date: March 11, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 56
Docket Number: CV-20-78
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission that Appellant was not entitled to a wage-loss award in addition to his impairment rating because Area Agency on Aging of Southeast…
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 50
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 51
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 35
Docket Number: CR-19-471
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court convicting Appellant of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, and committing first-degree murder in the presence of a child,…
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 36
Docket Number: CR-20-243
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding that the circuit court correctly denied the…
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 41
Docket Number: CR-20-367
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's dismissal of Appellant's petition for ineffective assistance of counsel filed under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37, holding that Appellant was not entitled to relief. Appellant was…
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 48
Docket Number: CR-20-502
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding that the circuit court did not err in denying the…
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 45
Docket Number: CR-20-514
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court dismissing Appellant's pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking scientific testing of evidence from his 1996 criminal case, holding that the circuit…
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 47
Docket Number: CV-19-287
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant's petition to proceed in forma paupers in connection with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the circuit court correctly…
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 49
Docket Number: CV-19-363
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed a divorce decree that awarded Rhonda Marlene Cherry permanent alimony and a subsequent order that found William Cherry in contempt for failing to pay the full amount of alimony ordered, holding…
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 38
Docket Number: CV-20-171
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the circuit court vacating the finding of the Arkansas Ethics Commission that Susan Weaver violated Ark. Code Ann. 7-6-228(c)(1) when a magazine published her campaign…
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 37
Docket Number: CV-20-345
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the circuit court denying and dismissing Appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant Ark. Code Ann. 16-112-101 to -123, holding that the circuit court did not…
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 42
Docket Number: CV-20-456
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order the circuit court certifying a class action against Defendants, holding that the circuit court did not err or abuse its discretion. Plaintiffs filed a class action complaint against…
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 44
Docket Number: CV-20-530
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's denial of Appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that the circuit court did not err in denying the petition and in finding of an abuse of the…
Date: March 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 46
Docket Number: CV-21-23
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court declaring Bobby Lee Jones ineligible to hold the office of Justice of the Peace, holding that the trial court erred by not providing Jones with a hearing on the…
Date: February 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 34
Docket Number: CR-20-143
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of rape, second-degree sexual assault, and third-degree domestic battery, holding that the circuit court did not err or abuse its discretion. On appeal, Defendant…
Date: February 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 32
Docket Number: CR-20-284
Date: February 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 31
Docket Number: CV-19-781
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case stemming from a motor vehicle accident the Supreme Court affirmed as modified the circuit court's order dismissing with prejudice Plaintiffs' claims against against Defendant, holding that the circuit court…
Date: February 18, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 33
Docket Number: CV-20-315
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of prohibition filed by Petitioners - Respondent's employer, its corporate parent, and a fellow employee - asking the court to dismiss Respondent's declaratory judgment…
Date: February 11, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 27
Date: February 11, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 22
Docket Number: CR-20-269
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the State's petition for a writ of certiorari to the circuit court's order granting a mistrial as to both the guilt and penalty phases of Defendant's capital murder trial when the event…
Date: February 11, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 24
Docket Number: CR-20-419
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal from the denial of Appellant's pro se motion to enforce his plea agreement, holding that Appellant's motion to enforce the plea agreement represented an untimely postconviction…
Date: February 11, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 26
Docket Number: CR-20-433
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for second-degree murder and sentence of life imprisonment but reversed the additional ten years added to the sentence for a firearm enhancement, holding that Defendant's…
Date: February 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 20
Date: February 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 21
Date: February 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 13
Docket Number: CR-04-18
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's pro se third petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis, holding that Petitioner's claim has been raised in previous…
Date: February 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 19
Docket Number: CR-20-346
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's denial of Petitioner's petition to correct an illegal sentence filed pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-111, holding that Petitioner did not allege or demonstrate in this…
Date: February 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 16
Docket Number: CR-20-88
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for first-degree murder, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment, holding that there was no prejudicial error in the proceedings below. The victim in this case…
Date: February 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 14
Docket Number: CV-19-664
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed in part and affirmed in part the appeal of the circuit court's order granting motions to dismiss filed by hospital defendants in this medical malpractice action, holding that the circuit court…
Date: February 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 17
Docket Number: CV-20-211
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the circuit court refusing to allow Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC to intervene in litigation brought by Gulfside Casino Partnership against the Arkansas Department of Finance…
Date: February 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 18
Docket Number: CV-20-280
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-112-101, holding that Appellant's claim was not cognizable in…
Date: February 4, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 15
Docket Number: CV-20-353
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's order denying Appellant's pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant stated no ground in the petition on which the writ could issue. Appellant was…
Date: January 28, 2021
Citation: 2021 ARK. 12
Date: January 28, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 7
Docket Number: CV-20-216
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part, reversed and remanded in part, and dismissed as moot in part the circuit court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the the City of North Little Rock, the City's mayor,…
Date: January 28, 2021
Citation: 2021 Ark. 10
Docket Number: CV-20-50
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court finding that certain rent-to-own leases were subject to the special excise tax on short-term rentals of tangible personal property levied by Ark. Code Ann.…
Date: January 21, 2021
Citation: 2021 ARK. 6
Date: January 21, 2021
Citation: 2021 ARK. 5
Docket Number: CR-19-684
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction fo multiple drug crimes, holding that the circuit court did not err or abuse its discretion. On appeal, Defendant argued that there was insufficient evidence to support…
Date: January 21, 2021
Citation: 2021 ARK. 3
Docket Number: CR-19-762
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant's petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.5, holding that the circuit court failed to make specific written…
Date: January 21, 2021
Citation: 2021 ARK. 4
Docket Number: CV-20-425
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal stemming from an illegal-exaction case challenging whether a court-ordered annual service fee charged to customers by Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District to repay Ozark Mountain's…
Date: January 5, 2021
Citation: 2021 ARK. 1
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