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 FEB. 20, 2020
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN DAN KEMP
CR-19-232. Kenneth Ray Marshall v. State of Arkansas, from Columbia County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Hart, J., dissents.
JUSTICE RHONDA K. WOOD
CV-18-916. Steven Christopher Hayes v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Hot Spring County Circuit Court. Appellant's pro se motions for extension of brief time, to supplement the record, and to file supplemental addendum and substituted brief. Affirmed; motions moot. Hart, J., dissents.
D-18-689. Stark Ligon, as Executive Director of the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct v. Bobby D. McCallister Attorney at Law, Arkansas Bar No. 91103, an Original Action. Special judge's recommendation adopted; nine-month suspension ordered. Kemp, C.J., and Wynne, J., concur in part; dissent in part.
JUSTICE SHAWN A. WOMACK
CR-18-700. Stacey Eugene Johnson v. State of Arkansas, from Sevier County Circuit Court. Petition for rehearing denied. Hart and Wynne, JJ., dissent.
CR-19-590. Thernell Hundley v. State of Arkansas, from Clark County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Hart, J., concurs.
CV-19-658. Alvin Lovelace v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Appellant's pro se motion for rule on clerk. Affirmed; motion moot. Hart, J., dissents.
JUSTICE KAREN R. BAKER
CR-19-17. Randall Thomas McArty v. State of Arkansas, from Clark County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Hart, J., concurs in part and dissents in part.
CV-19-151. BHC Pinnacle Pointe Hospital, LLC v. Debra Nelson and Henry Anderson, Jr., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Reversed and remanded. Hart, J., dissents.
JUSTICE COURTNEY RAE HUDSON
CR-19-319. Heath Mabry v. State of Arkansas, from Greene County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Hart, J., concurs in part and dissents in part.
CV-18-594. Lakshminarayana Chekuri v. Madhuri Nekkalapudi, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifteenth Division. Affirmed; court of appeals' opinion vacated. Hart and Wood, JJ., dissent.
CV-19-690. Kelvin Collier v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Hart, J., concurs in part and dissents in part.
JUSTICE ROBIN F. WYNNE
CV-19-655. Michael Young v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Hart, J., dissents.
Metro on 02/21/2020