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 arcourts.gov.
PROCEEDINGS OF OCT. 17, 2019 JUSTICE JOSEPHINE LINKER HART
CV-19-233. Charles Edward Jones, Sr. v. Hon. Quincey Ross, Circuit Judge, from Chicot County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus; and respondent’s motion for permission to file second amended response to petition for writ of mandamus. Amended response requested; motion granted. Wood, J., dissents without written opinion.
JUSTICE RHONDA K. WOOD
CV-19-74. Leonard Noble v. State of Arkansas, from Hot Spring County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion to include supplemental addendum in reply brief. Affirmed; motion moot. Hart, J., dissents.
JUSTICE KAREN R. BAKER
CV-19-285. Roy Lee Russell v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Chicot County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion to supplement the record. Appeal dismissed; motion moot.
JUSTICE COURTNEY RAE HUDSON
CR-08-151. Shequita L. Joiner v. State of Arkansas, from Columbia County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis. Petition denied. Hart, J., dissents. CV-19-90. D’Angelo Allen v. State of Arkansas and Wendy Kelley, Director, Department of Correction, from Lee County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motions for belated appeal, for rule on clerk, and in support of filing belated appeal treated as motions for belated appeal and denied, motions to correct circuit court order and for briefing schedule and appointment of counsel, and for extension of brief time moot. Hart, J., dissents.
JUSTICE ROBIN F. WYNNE
CR-18-460. Andwelle Sieed Ellis v. State of Arkansas, from Jackson County Circuit Court. Affirmed in part; reversed and remanded in part. Hart, J., concurs. Womack, J., dissents in part and concurs in part.