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 March 4, 2021 CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN DAN KEMP

CR-19-471. Jesse Q. Collins, Jr. v. State of Arkansas, from Hot Spring County Circuit Court. Affirmed.

JUSTICE BARBARA WEBB

CR-20-502. Ronnie Flow, Jr. v. State of Arkansas, from Columbia County Circuit Court. Affirmed. CV-19-363. William B. Cherry v. Rhonda Marlene Cherry (now Fulkroad), from Columbia County Circuit Court. Affirmed on direct appeal and on cross-appeal. Court of appeals opinion vacated. Kemp, C.J., dissents without opinion on direct appeal and concurs without opinion on cross-appeal.

JUSTICE RHONDA K. WOOD

CR-20-367. Jonathan Ryan Hill v. State of Arkansas, from Faulkner County Circuit Court. Affirmed. CV-20-456. C.J. Mahan Construction Co., et al. v. Paul Betzner, et al., from Prairie County Circuit Court, Southern District. Affirmed. Special Justice Cory Allen Cox joins. Baker and Wynne, JJ., dissent in part. Kemp, C.J., not participating. CV-20-530. Michael Anderson v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Webb, J., concurs.

JUSTICE SHAWN A. WOMACK

CV-19-287. Timothy Mack Clemmons v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Chicot County Circuit Court. Affirmed.

JUSTICE KAREN R. BAKER

CR-20-243. Albert Dirickson v. State of Arkansas, from Sevier County Circuit Court. Affirmed.

JUSTICE COURTNEY RAE HUDSON

CV-20-171. Arkansas Ethics Commission v. Susan K. Weaver, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventeenth Division. Commission’s decision reversed in part, vacated in part. Circuit Court’s order affirmed on direct appeal; cross-appeal dismissed. Special Justice Leon Holmes concurs. Kemp, C.J., and Wynne, J., and Special Justice Tiffany Milligan Brown dissent. Baker and Wood, JJ., not participating. CV-20-345. Charles E. Jones v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, from Chicot County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Webb, J., concurs.

JUSTICE ROBIN F. WYNNE

CR-20-514. Vincent Hussey v. State of Arkansas, from Drew County Circuit Court. Affirmed. CV-21-23. Bobby Lee Jones v. State of Arkansas, from Phillips County Circuit Court. Reversed and remanded. Webb, J., concurs without opinion.