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BRUCE EARL WARD v. STATE OF ARKANSAS

Court Supreme Court
Date 04/17/2017
Neutral Citation 2017 Ark. 134
Docket Number CR-98-657
Author KAREN R. BAKER
Opinion Type Dissenting
County Pulaski County
Term 2017 Spring Term

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Cite as 2017 Ark. 134

                                                 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

                                                                                   No.  CR-98-657

 

 

BRUCE EARL WARD

                                 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 Ward’s execution.  Simply put, Ward has presented the issue of mental evaluations which has been considered and denied.  Further, if the United States Supreme Court anticipates that McWilliams v. Dunn, 634 F. App’x 698 (11th Cir. 2015) is likely to succeed and affect his case, they can certainly enter a stay. Accordingly, I dissent.

Wood, J., joins.

 

 

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