Arkansas Supreme Court

The Arkansas Supreme Court released opinions Thursday. The court’s ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here. The full opinions and other court proceedings, including per curiam decisions, orders and submissions, can be found on the Internet at courts.state.ar.us.

PROCEEDINGS OF , 2018 JUSTICE RHONDA K. WOOD

CV-17-1020. Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs d/b/a Arkansas Veterans Home and Fayetteville Veterans Home v. Diane Mallett and Joseph Fabits, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Reversed and dismissed. Kemp, C.J., concurs. Baker, Goodson, and Hart, JJ., dissent. CV-18-179. Theodore Anderson v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motions for appointment of counsel and to correct the docket number on the coversheet. Affirmed; motion to correct the docket number granted; motion for appointment of counsel moot. Hart, J., concurs. CV-18-356. Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration, Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division; Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission; Natural State Wellness Enterprises, LLC; Osage Creek Cultivation, LLC; BOLD Team, LLC; and Delta Medical Cannabis Company, LLC v. Naturalis Health, LLC; Arkansas Medicinal Source, LLC; Clear Creek Medical, Inc.; Natural State Agronomics, Inc.; River Valley Production, LLC, d/b/a River Valley Relief Cultivation; Acanza Health Group, LLC; Carpenter Farms Medical Group, LLC; Mildred Griggs; and Delta Cannabinoid Corporation, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Reversed and dismissed on direct appeal and on crossappeal. Special Justice Emily White joins. Kemp, C.J., concurs. Hart, J., not participating.

JUSTICE SHAWN A. WOMACK

CR-98-1332. Randy Turrell Johnson v. State of Arkansas, from Crittenden County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for photocopies at public expense pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Motion denied.

CR-10-43. Michael Dashun Jackson v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourth Division. Petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis. Petition denied.

JUSTICE KAREN R. BAKER

CV-18-84. Kyron Watkins v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion to file belated brief. Affirmed; motion granted. Hart, J., dissents.