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DON WILLIAM DAVIS v. STATE OF ARKANSAS

Court Supreme Court
Date 04/17/2017
Neutral Citation 2017 Ark. 133
Docket Number CR-00-528, CR-92-1385
Author KAREN R. BAKER
Opinion Type Dissenting
County Pulaski County
Term 2017 Spring Term

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Cite as 2017 Ark. 133

                                                 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

                                                                      Nos. CR‑92‑1385 and CR‑00‑528

 

 

DON WILLIAM DAVIS

                                 APPELLANT

 

V.

 

 

STATE OF ARKANSAS

                                     APPELLEE

 

Opinion Delivered April 17, 2017

 

 

 

 

DISSENTING OPINION.

 

 

 

 

 

                                              KAREN R. BAKER, Associate Justice

 

 

I dissent from the majority’s decision today to take the matter as a case and stay Davis’s execution.  Davis’s mental competency is not at issue and the United States Supreme Court’s action in McWilliams v. Dunn, 634 F. App’x 698 (11th Cir. 2015) likely has no bearing on Davis’s case. The United States Supreme Court can enter a stay in Davis’s case if it deems it appropriate.  Accordingly, I dissent.

Wood, J., joins.

 

 

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