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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 20, 2014 PAUL E. DANIELSON, JUSTICE CV-12-690. Sherwood Gooch v. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed. COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON, JUSTICE CR-12-741. Kirk Johnson v. State of Arkansas, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed. CLIFF HOOFMAN, JUSTICE CV-13-623. Carmella Bell v. Lana Eagle McDonald, from White County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Baker and Hart, JJ., dissent. PER CURIAM OPINIONS CV-12-180. Cleveland Smith v. Arkansas Department of Correction Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment Committee, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Affirmed. CV-12-273. Jimmy Bumgardner v. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 20, 2014 PER CURIAM ORDERS REVIEW GRANTED: Petition for review was granted today in the following case. CV-13-1050. Gregory Ross Giles, Terri Giles, Karen Jean Hughes, and Kevin Hughes v. Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority, from Boone County Circuit Court. ****************************** REVIEWS DENIED: Petitions for review were denied today in the following cases. CV-13-1084. Rosetta Giddens, Power of Attorney for Ida Taylor v. Booker Franklin and Bank of Star City, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. CV-13-1149. Heirs of Mancil Duncan and Sylvia Duncan et al. v. Alfred T. Williams Living Trust and Marceil E. Sibert Living Trust, from Cleburne County Circuit Court. ****************************** CR-09-625. Wardell Newsome II v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourth Division. Appellant's motion to recall mandate is denied. Danielson, J., would deny on the basis that Houston v. State, 2013 Ark. 374 (per curiam), was improvidently reversed and remanded. Corbin, Baker, and Hart, JJ., would take as a case. CR-13-438. Edward Lee Thompson III v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventh Division. Rebriefing ordered. See per curiam this date. CR-13-991. Daniel Pedraza v. State of Arkansas, from Drew County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion to unseal record is granted. CR-13-1122. Tevin A. Bradley v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventh Division. Appellant’s motion to supplement the abstract and file a substituted brief is granted. Substituted brief due in fifteen days. CR-14-59. Bryant E. Turner v. State of Arkansas, from Faulkner County Circuit Court. Motion of Karen Walker to be relieved as counsel is granted. See per curiam this date.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 20, 2014 PER CURIAM ORDERS CV-13-357. Reginald R. Early v. Keith Crockett, Clayborn Carroll, Roberta Lewis, and Lamon Mayo, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Pro se motion to strike appellees’ brief is moot. CV-13-357. Reginald R. Early v. Keith Crockett, Clayborn Carroll, Roberta Lewis, and Lamon Mayo, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Pro se motion for extension of time to file appellant’s reply brief is moot. CV-13-357. Reginald R. Early v. Keith Crockett, Clayborn Carroll, Roberta Lewis, and Lamon Mayo, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Pro se motion to supplement abstract and addendum and to file a substituted brief is granted. Substituted brief filed this date. CV-14-93. Mark Watson v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Company, Inc., from Van Buren County Circuit Court. Motion for rule on clerk is granted. Baker, J., not participating. CV-14-105. Kristina Oliver v. Arkansas Department of Human Services and Minor Child, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. Appellees’ motion to dismiss appeal is granted. CV-14-152. Arkansas Public Defender Commission v. Circuit Court of Washington County, from Washington County Circuit Court. Emergency petition for a writ of certiorari. Petition for writ of certiorari granted; see Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 6-10(e). Trial counsel to remain as counsel of record pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 6-9(b)(2)(C) and 6- 10(d), until motion for redetermination of indigency and/or motion to be relieved as counsel are filed and decided by this court. (Proceedings of February 19, 2014) CR-89-234. Kyle Duane Cherry v. State of Arkansas, from Sharp County Circuit Court. Pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the circuit court to consider petition for writ of error coram nobis. Petition denied. See per curiam this date. CR-07-238. Kenny Travis, Jr. v. State of Arkansas, from Mississippi County Circuit Court, Chickasawba District. Pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the circuit court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis or for other relief. Petition denied. See per curiam this date. CR-13-671. Ed Deshawn Harris v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Second Division. Pro se motion for extension of time to file brief. Appeal dismissed; motion moot. See per curiam this date.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 20, 2014 PER CURIAM ORDERS CR-13-798. James Stewart v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourth Division. Pro se motion for copy of record. Appeal dismissed; motion moot. See per curiam this date. CR-13-1143. Robert Lee Williford v. State of Arkansas, from Faulkner County Circuit Court. Pro se motion for belated appeal. Motion dismissed. See per curiam this date. CV-12-437. Stephen Edwards v. State of Arkansas and Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment Committee, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Second Division. Pro se motion for reconsideration from reversal of an appeal from the Pulaski County Circuit Court. Motion treated as petition for rehearing and denied. Hart, J., would grant. See per curiam this date. CV-14-29. Doug Dwayne Sillivan v. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Pro se motion for belated appeal of order. Motion denied. See per curiam this date.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 20, 2014 MOTIONS SUBMITTED PETITIONS FOR REVIEW: CV-13-1153. Penny Strother v. LaCroix Optical, Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company, and Death & Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund, from the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. CV-14-19. Julie Glass v. E-Z Mart Stores, Inc., and American Zurich Insurance Company, from the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. ****************************** CV-13-499. Billy Ray Hale v. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction and State of Arkansas, from Lee County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion for expansion of size of brief. CV-13-903. Vance M. Thompson III, Executor and Personal Representative of the Estate of Ripley Thompson, and as Trustee of the H. Ripley Thompson Revocable Trust v. Anne L. Thompson, from Woodruff County Circuit Court. Appellee’s motion to set aside order of dismissal and for an award of attorney’s fees. CV-13-903. Vance M. Thompson III, Executor and Personal Representative of the Estate of Ripley Thompson, and as Trustee of the H. Ripley Thompson Revocable Trust v. Anne L. Thompson, from Woodruff County Circuit Court. Appellee’s motion for leave to file reply to appellant’s objections to appellee’s motion to set aside order of dismissal. CV-13-955. Theresa Roeder, as the Administrator of the Estate of Esther Kay Roeder, Deceased, and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Esther Kay Roeder, et al. v. United States of America et al., from United States District Court, Western District of Arkansas. Motion for leave to file reply brief on behalf of amicus curiae Aaron Sultz, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Eric Wayne Sultz, Deceased. CV-14-108. Mark Hunter, Thomas and Hunter Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Suzuki of Springfield; and Tracy Fay v. Hon. Cristi Beaumont, Circuit Judge, from Washington County Circuit Court. Petition for writ of mandamus. D-14-67. Stark Ligon, as Executive Director of the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct v. Robert Brent Crews, Arkansas Bar No. 91237, an Original Action. Petition for disbarment.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 20, 2014 CASES SUBMITTED CR-94-358. Terrick Terrell Nooner v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourth Division. Orally argued. CR-12-60. Terry Edward Hayes v. State of Arkansas, from Washington County Circuit Court. CR-13-371. Johnathan Johnston v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourth Division. CV-13-596. Charles Jones v. Myra Jones, from Independence County Circuit Court.