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 Oct. 19, 2017

JUSTICE RHONDA K. WOOD

CR-17-163. Justin Isiah Burns v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court. Dismissed. Baker and Hart, JJ., dissent.

CV-16-387. Allen Lynn Penn v. Richard Gallagher, Assistant Director, and Kermit B. Channell, Executive Director, Arkansas State Crime Laboratory, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON

CR-17-450. Ali Martin Matar v. State of Arkansas, from Benton County Circuit Court. Petitioner's pro se motion for belated appeal and rule on clerk. Motion treated as motion for belated appeal and denied.

CV-17-355. Rickey Tyrone Taylor v. State of Arkansas, from Lee County Circuit Court. Appellant's pro se motions for extension of brief time, for appointment of counsel, and for duplication of motion for appointment of counsel at public expense. Appeal dismissed; motions moot.

JUSTICE ROBIN F. WYNNE

CV-15-988. Nathaniel Smith, M.D., MPH, Director of the Arkansas Department of Health, In His Official Capacity, and His Successors In Office v. Marisa N. Pavan and Terrah D. Pavan, Individually, and as Parents, Next Friends, and Guardians of T.R.P., a Minor Child; Leigh D.W. Jacobs and Jana S. Jacobs, Individually, and as Parents, Next Friends, and Guardians of F.D.J., a Minor Child; Courtney M. Kassel and Kelly L. Scott, Individually, and as Parents, Next Friends, and Guardians of A.G.S., a Minor Child, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Reversed and remanded. Womack, J., concurs. Baker, Goodson, and Hart, JJ., dissent.

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