Sean Beherec
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Lottery expects $21 million decline
posted: 05/21/2013 4:15 a.m. Discuss
The Arkansas Lottery Commission approved a fiscal 2014 budget Monday that projects a decline of more than $21 million in revenue compared with the current fiscal year, which ends June 30.
$225,000 given to estate of officer killed on duty
posted: 05/18/2013 5:15 a.m. Discuss
The Arkansas State Claims Commission awarded $225,000 Friday to the estate of a Conway police officer who was struck and killed by a driver while directing traffic at the scene of a crash.
2 judges reprimanded after admitting to improper conduct
posted: 05/18/2013 5:11 a.m. Discuss
Carroll County Circuit Judge Gerald Crow did not demonstrate “appropriate judicial behavior” when he performed independent investigations on cases and retaliated against attorneys, the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission said Friday.
Justices favor retrial in grandfather killing
posted: 05/17/2013 4:59 a.m. Discuss
A Pulaski County man who was convicted of killing his grandfather should receive a new trial because the jury instructions were flawed, the Arkansas Supreme Court said Thursday.
Car search legal in cocaine case, judges affirm
posted: 05/16/2013 5:02 a.m. Discuss
The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a decision by a lower court that found a police officer acted within the law when he detained a driver whom he suspected of criminal activity because he was nervous and had a cigar wrapper in his vehicle.
State cut off of drug used in executions
posted: 05/16/2013 12:07 a.m. Comments 3
The London-based provider of Arkansas’ death penalty drug has closed the Department of Correction’s account, citing its opposition to the use of its drugs for executions.
Life terms for some at an end
posted: 05/14/2013 4 a.m. Comments 2
As the state Supreme Court’s decision banning mandatory life imprisonment for those convicted of murdering when they were minors was set to take effect Monday, one of the attorneys who took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court called the ruling an “incredible victory” and one that will play out in Arkansas before it does in many other states.
Lawyer argues lottery is immune
posted: 05/10/2013 5:08 a.m. Discuss
The Arkansas Lottery Commission is entitled to sovereign immunity and is protected from a lawsuit brought by a company claiming trademark infringement in the commission’s advertising, an assistant attorney general told the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday.
Trial sought in malpractice case
posted: 05/10/2013 4:51 a.m. Discuss
A medical-negligence case filed against a Little Rock doctor who purportedly botched a procedure that led to a man’s brain injury should be allowed to proceed to trial, an attorney for the man’s family told the Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday.
Beebe set to commute woman’s life sentence
posted: 05/09/2013 4:46 a.m. Discuss
Gov. Mike Beebe has announced his intention to commute the life sentence issued to a woman who pleaded guilty to eight counts of delivery of cocaine in 1990.
