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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF APRIL 16, 2015 KAREN R. BAKER, JUSTICE CR-12-487. Roy Lee Smith v. State of Arkansas, from Arkansas County Circuit Court, Northern District. Affirmed. JOSEPHINE LINKER HART, JUSTICE CR-12-759. Brandon Carter v. State of Arkansas, from Columbia County Circuit Court. Affirmed. RHONDA K. WOOD, JUSTICE CR-14-465. Roger Lemaster v. State of Arkansas, from Lonoke County Circuit Court. Affirmed. PER CURIAM OPINION CV-14-588. Rodriquez Nelson v. State of Arkansas, from Hot Spring County Circuit Court. Affirmed.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF APRIL 16, 2015 PER CURIAM ORDERS REVIEWS DENIED: Petitions for review were denied today in the following cases. CR-15-212. Robert Kenneth Barber v. State of Arkansas, from Washington County Circuit Court. Hart and Wynne, JJ., would grant. CV-14-1023. Connie Jones v. Director et al., from the Arkansas Board of Review. CV-15-157. James M. Guthrie v. Vicki P. Guthrie, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Twelfth Division. ****************************** CR-15-124. Melissa McCann Arms v. State of Arkansas, from Polk County Circuit Court. Motion for leave to file supplemental brief is granted. CR-15-124. Melissa McCann Arms v. State of Arkansas, from Polk County Circuit Court. Motion of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Arkansas Civil Liberties Union for permission to file brief amicus curiae is granted. CR-15-124. Melissa McCann Arms v. State of Arkansas, from Polk County Circuit Court. Motion of Maternal and Child Health and Drug Treatment for permission to file brief amicus curiae and motion for expanded page limit. Motion to file amicus curiae brief is granted. Motion for expanded page limit is denied. CR-15-254. Kenneth Cole Sizemore v. State of Arkansas, from Washington County Circuit Court. Petition for writ of certiorari is denied. CV-14-912. United Systems of Arkansas, Inc. v. Beason and Nally, Inc., Chad Braley, and David Miller, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Thirteenth Division. Joint motion to dismiss appeal is granted. CV-15-111. Shelter Mutual Insurance Company v. Michael Goodner and Robbie Goodner, from Miller County Circuit Court. Foremost Insurance Company's motion for permission to file amicus curiae brief is denied. Goodson and Wynne, JJ., not participating. CV-15-264. James McCafferty v. The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc., from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixteenth Division. Petition for writ of certiorari to complete the record is granted.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF APRIL 16, 2015 PER CURIAM ORDERS D-15-240. In Re Michael A. Maggio, Arkansas Bar No. 90015. Petition to surrender of Arkansas law license. Petition granted. See per curiam this date. Wood, J., not participating. D-15-270. In Re Julie Baker Menke, Arkansas Bar No. 87196. Petition for voluntary surrender of license (resignation). Granted, with direction to the Clerk to remove the attorney’s name from the registry of attorneys licensed to practice law in the State of Arkansas. CR-01-1015. Kedron Johnson v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventh Division. Pro se second petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis. Petition denied. See per curiam this date. CR-14-1008. Ivory Purifoy v. Hon. Wendell L. Griffen, Judge, from Pulaski County, Fifth Division. Pro se petition for writ of mandamus. Petition denied in part and moot in part. See per curiam this date. CR-15-161. Daniel Pedraza v. Honorable Sam Pope, Judge, from Drew County Circuit Court. Pro se petition for writ of mandamus. Petition denied. See per curiam this date. CR-15-162. Joe E. Butler v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Second Division. Pro se motion to file a belated appeal of order. Motion treated as motion for rule on clerk and denied. See per curiam this date. CV-14-1122. Demarcus R. Robinson v. John Felts, Chairman, Arkansas Board of Parole, from Chicot County Circuit Court. Pro se motions for extension of time and production of documents. Appeal dismissed; motions moot. See per curiam this date. CV-15-222. Michael Williams v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Second Division. Motion for rule on clerk to proceed without a certified record. Motion denied.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF APRIL 16, 2015 MOTIONS SUBMITTED PETITION FOR REHEARING: CV-14-542. Ray Hobbs, in His Official Capacity as Director, Arkansas Department of Correction; and Arkansas Department of Correction v. Jason McGehee, Don Davis, Stacey Johnson, Jack Jones, Terrick Nooner, Andrew Sasser, Bruce Ward, Kenneth Williams and Marcel Williams, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. ****************************** PETITIONS FOR REVIEW: CR-15-266. William Dewey Gill v. State of Arkansas, from White County Circuit Court. CR-15-272. Adam F. Doty v. State of Arkansas, from White County Circuit Court. CV-14-986. In the Matter of the Hamilton Living Trust and Bank of the Ozarks v. Susan Cossey, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixteenth Division. ****************************** CR-14-1088. Fred Lee Williams v. State of Arkansas, from Drew County Circuit Court. Motion for compliance with Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4-3(h) and (i). CR-15-159. Tyrone Davis v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, First Division. Notices of recent jurisdiction issue (suggestion of mootness) and motion for brief time. CV-14-542. Ray Hobbs, in His Official Capacity as Director, Arkansas Department of Correction; and Arkansas Department of Correction v. Jason McGehee, Don Davis, Stacey Johnson, Jack Jones, Terrick Nooner, Andrew Sasser, Bruce Ward, Kenneth Williams and Marcel Williams, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Motion for judicial notice and supplemental motion for judicial notice. ******************************

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF APRIL 16, 2015 CASES SUBMITTED CV-14-468. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction v. James Grubbs, from Lee County Circuit Court. Orally argued at Sheid Auditorium located on the campus of Arkansas State University Mountain Home. CV-14-470. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction v. Aaron Hodge, from Lee County Circuit Court. Orally argued at Sheid Auditorium located on the campus of Arkansas State University Mountain Home. CV-14-488. Michelle M. Smith v. Kartika Hopper, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District.