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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 26, 2014 JIM HANNAH, CHIEF JUSTICE CR-13-686. Donnie Maiden v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Affirmed. Baker and Hart, JJ., dissent. DONALD L. CORBIN, JUSTICE CR-94-358. Terrick Terrell Nooner v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourth Division. Motion to recall direct-appeal mandate. Denied. Hannah, C.J., and Danielson and Hart, JJ., dissent. CR-13-991. Daniel Pedraza v. State of Arkansas, from Drew County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Baker and Hart, JJ., dissent. CV-13-1000. Graham Goodloe v. Marcia Goodloe, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourteenth Division. Remanded; court of appeals’ opinion vacated. Baker, Goodson, and Hart, JJ., dissent. PAUL E. DANIELSON, JUSTICE CR-13-914. Kendrick Hampton v. State of Arkansas, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Baker and Hart, JJ., concur. KAREN R. BAKER, JUSTICE CR-14-242. William O. James, Jr. v. Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Affirmed in part; reversed and dismissed in part. Hoofman, J., concurs without opinion. COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON, JUSTICE CR-13-927. State of Arkansas v. Shawn Trevell Rainer, from Mississippi County Circuit Court, Chickasawba District. Reversed. Danielson, J., concurs. Hannah, C.J., and Baker and Hart, JJ., dissent. CR-14-268. Rickey Dale Newman v. Crawford County Circuit Court, from Crawford County Circuit Court. Petition for writ of certiorari. Motion to dismiss granted. CV-14-9. Maurice R. Lipsey, William Larry Cox, and Connie L. Cox v. Karen Giles, from Cleburne County Circuit Court. Reversed and remanded.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 26, 2014 PER CURIAM OPINIONS CR-13-9. Ronald E. Robinson v. State of Arkansas, from Hot Spring County Circuit Court. Affirmed. CR-13-422. Michael Lee Jones, Jr. v. State of Arkansas, from Crawford County Circuit Court. Appeal dismissed. CV-12-728. Corey Sanders v. William Straughn, Warden, Maximum Security Unit; Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed. CV-12-914. Willie Gaster Davis, Jr. v. Thomas Deen, Prosecuting Attorney, from Desha County Circuit Court. Reversed and remanded. CV-12-1060. James Edward Smith v. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed. CV-13-429. Ernest M. Brown v. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 26, 2014 PER CURIAM ORDERS REHEARING DENIED: Petition for hearing was denied today in the following case. CV-13-873. T. Ricks, LLC; Rick Adams; and the Rick and Lanan Adams Living Trust v. Rick Kent; Barbara Kent; KKC, Inc.; Mid-State Investments, LLC; and Mid-State Service Co., Inc., from White County Circuit Court. Special Justice Lindsey J. Fairley agrees. Hannah, C.J., not participating. ****************************** REVIEWS GRANTED: Petitions for review were granted today in the following cases. CV-14-250. Ken David Swindle v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company, from Benton County Circuit Court. CV-14-311. Hurt-Hoover Investments, LLC v. Lester Fulmer, Rob Bentley, Robert Best, and Carl Chilson, from Cleburne County Circuit Court. ****************************** REVIEWS DENIED: Petitions for review were denied today in the following cases. CR-14-476. David Keith Adams v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. CV-14-282. Elvin Marks v. Leona I. Marks, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Baker and Hart, JJ., would grant. CV-14-295. Roma Trakru v. David Mathews, from Stone County Circuit Court. ****************************** CR-93-427. Sherman D. Noble v. State of Arkansas, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Appellant’s petition to reinvest jurisdiction with the Jefferson County Circuit Court is taken as a case.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 26, 2014 PER CURIAM ORDERS CR-13-1074. Earl Delmar Pigg v. State of Arkansas, from Crawford County Circuit Court. Appellee’s motion to file brief with corrected statement of Rule 4-3(i) compliance is granted. CR-14-136. Naeem Rasul v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourth Division. Appellant’s motion for reconsideration and to accept a non-conforming brief is granted. CR-14-476. David Keith Adams v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Motion for leave to file reply in support of petition for review is denied. CV-14-219. Joey Hoosier et al. v. Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club, from Garland County Circuit Court. Appellee’s motion to file supplemental brief is granted. CV-14-219. Joey Hoosier et al. v. Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club, from Garland County Circuit Court. Appellants’ motion for leave to file supplemental brief is granted. CV-14-261. In Re Arkansas Bar Association Petition Proposing Amendments to the Arkansas Rules of Professional Conduct. See per curiam this date. CV-14-295. Roma Trakru v. David Mathews, from Stone County Circuit Court. Pro se motion to submit courtesy paper copy is granted. CV-14-295. Roma Trakru v. David Mathews, from Stone County Circuit Court. Pro se motion to submit errata sheet for petition for review is granted. CV-14-295. Roma Trakru v. David Mathews, from Stone County Circuit Court. Pro se motion to submit amended petition for review is denied. CV-14-504. Holly Grove Construction Co., Inc., an Arkansas Business Corporation v. Judge L.T. Simes II, Circuit Judge for the First Judicial District, from Monroe County Circuit Court. Petition for issuance of a writ of mandamus. Moot. Danielson, J., would grant.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 26, 2014 PER CURIAM ORDERS D-12-459. Stark Ligon, as Executive Director of the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct v. Heather Patrice Hogrobrooks, Arkansas Bar No. 92029, an Original Action. Motion for judgment on the pleadings and for entry of final order of disbarment or alternatively for a show cause hearing as to why judgment should not be entered. Motion for judgment on the pleadings and for entry of final order of disbarment granted. See per curiam this date. CR-14-407. Jerry Dewayne Savage v. State of Arkansas, from Ashley County Circuit Court. Pro se motion for rule on clerk. Motion denied without prejudice to petitioner’s submission within thirty days of a certified copy of timely filed notice of appeal. CV-14-404. Danny Cromeans v. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Pro se motions to use original record. Appeal dismissed; motions moot. See per curiam this date. In Re Committee on Civil Practice. See per curiam this date. Suzanne Clark, Esq., of Fayetteville, Brad Hendricks, Esq., of Little Rock, and John Baker, Esq., of Little Rock, are appointed to the Civil Practice Committee for three-year terms to expire on July 31, 2017. We thank them for agreeing to serve on this important committee. Professor John Watkins of Fayetteville, a current voting member of the committee, is giving up this position and will continue to serve the committee as a nonvoting advisor. Professor Watkins has had a role with the committee for approximately 25 years, and we are fortunate that his knowledge and experience will continue to further the committee's work. We reappoint Vince Chadick, Esq., of Fayetteville, to the committee for a three-year term to expire on July 31, 2017. We thank him for his continued service. The court expresses its gratitude to Brian Brooks, Esq., of Greenbrier, and Judge Leon Johnson of Little Rock, whose terms have expired, for their years of valuable service to the Civil Practice Committee. In Re: Board of Certified Court Reporter Examiners. See per curiam this date.