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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 16, 2023 JOHN DAN KEMP, CHIEF JUSTICE CR-21-615. Jeremey Lewis v. State of Arkansas, from Clark County Circuit Court. Affirmed in part; reversed and dismissed in part. Baker, Hudson, Wood, Wynne, and Womack, JJ., concur in part and dissent in part.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 16, 2023 PER CURIAM ORDERS REVIEWS DENIED: Petitions for review were denied today in the following cases. E-21-761. Rhonda Watson v. Director et al., from the Arkansas Board of Review. E-21-796. Deborah Bunch v. Director et al., from the Arkansas Board of Review. ********************************************* CR-93-284. Saba K. Makkali v. State of Arkansas, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se amended motion is moot. Webb, J., would deny.

CR-22-503. Nathaniel Allen Freeman v. State of Arkansas, from Stone County Circuit Court. Joint status report and contemporaneous motion for abatement and dismissal of appeal due to appellant’s death is granted. Appeal dismissed.

********************************************* CR-20-143. Donald Adams v. State of Arkansas, from Benton County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for copies of records is denied.

CR-21-413. Andre Corley v. State of Arkansas, from Faulkner County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error coram nobis is denied.

CR-22-450. John Patrick Cullen v. State of Arkansas, from Garland County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion to file belated reply brief is denied.

CR-22-561. Henry A. Harmon v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, First Division. Petitioner’s pro se motion to file belated brief is granted.

CR-22-561. Henry A. Harmon v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, First Division. Petitioner’s pro se amended motion to file belated brief is granted.

CR-23-19. Zayzhon Thompson v. State of Arkansas, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for rule on clerk to proceed with tendered petition for writ of mandamus without a certified record is denied.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 16, 2023 PER CURIAM ORDERS CV-22-737. Roderick Parrish v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion for extension of time to file brief is granted. Webb, J., would deny.

CV-22-792. Conray Carroll v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion for issuance upon evidence only pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated section 16-112-122 is denied.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 16, 2023 MOTIONS SUBMITTED CR-22-69. Cordale Stacy v. State of Arkansas, from St. Francis County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion to supplement the record as to voir dire and for stay of brief time to seven days after the supplemental record is filed.

CR-22-438. Timothy Clevenger v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, First Division. Appellee’s motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, motion for extension of brief time.

CR-22-776. Jason Bridges v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventh Division. Appellant’s petition for writ of certiorari to complete the record or, in the alternative, motion to remand to settle the record.

CR-23-72. Jacoby Austin Goehler v. State of Arkansas, from Fulton County Circuit Court. Motion of Gerald A. Coleman to be relieved as attorney for appellant and to stay briefing schedule.

CR-23-84. Michael Eugene Driver v. State of Arkansas, from Conway County Circuit Court. Motion of Gerald A. Coleman to be relieved as attorney for appellant and to stay briefing schedule.

CV-22-808. Altice USA, Inc., d/b/a Suddenlink Communications v. City of Gurdon, Arkansas ex rel. Honorable Sherry Kelley, Mayor, Individually and on Behalf of a Class of Similarly Situated Cities, from Clark County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion and brief in support of motion for transfer to the Arkansas Court of Appeals.

CV-23-52. HIOB, LLC; and Yellow Comb, LLC v. Michael Higgins, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Petitioners’ petition for writ of certiorari and brief in support.

CV-23-73. (In the Matter of the Estate of John Harold Haverstick, Deceased) John A. Haverstick and Jerry Haverstick v. Frances Haverstick, from Woodruff County Circuit Court. Appellants’ motion to consolidate records.

D-23-75. In Re Ian W. Vickery, Arkansas Bar No. 76132, an Original Action. Petition of Ian W. Vickery, Arkansas Bar No. 76132, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation).

D-23-76. In Re Ronald McLaughlin, Arkansas Bar No. 86121, an Original Action. Petition of Ronald McLaughlin, Arkansas Bar No. 86121, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation).

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 16, 2023 MOTIONS SUBMITTED D-23-77. In Re Lawrence William Fitting, Arkansas Bar No. 74055, an Original Action. Petition of Lawrence William Fitting, Arkansas Bar No. 74055, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation).

D-23-78. In Re Jeffrey Lee Haynes, Arkansas Bar No. 95243, an Original Action. Petition of Jeffrey Lee Haynes, Arkansas Bar No. 95243, for surrender of license.

D-23-105. Arkansas Supreme Court Board of Certified Court Reporter Examiners v. Neva Warford, CCR No. 156, an Original Action. Petitioner’s petition for approval of voluntary surrender of certificate agreement and order.

********************************************* CR-22-693. Michael Todd v. State of Arkansas, from Hempstead County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion requesting appointment of counsel.

CR-22-693. Michael Todd v. State of Arkansas, from Hempstead County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion for appointment of counsel.

CR-23-16. Durell Barnum v. State of Arkansas, from Faulkner County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus.

CR-23-17. Raul Torres-Garcia v. State of Arkansas, from Benton County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus.

CR-23-43. Isaac Strong v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Petitioner’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus.

CR-23-43. Isaac Strong v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Petitioner’s pro se amended petition for writ of mandamus.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 16, 2023 CASES SUBMITTED CR-22-513. Jason Humphry v. State of Arkansas, from Pike County Circuit Court. CV-21-120. Jeffrey Brown v. State of Arkansas, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. CV-21-198. Teresa James v. Mary Cynthia Mounts; James Phillip Rocconi; and Richard Anthony Rocconi, Individually, and as Executor of the Estate of James R. Rocconi, Deceased, from Ouachita County Circuit Court.

CV-22-347. Osage Creek Cultivation, LLC; Delta Medical Cannabis Company, LLC; Bold Team, LLC; Natural State Medicinals Cultivation, LLC; and Good Day Farm Arkansas, LLC v. Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration; Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division; Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission; Carpenter Farms Medical Group, LLC; River Valley Relief Cultivation, LLC; River Valley Production, LLC, d/b/a River Valley Relief Cultivation; River Valley Production, LLC; and New Day Cultivation, LLC, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixteenth Division.

CV-22-443. Baptist Health d/b/a Baptist Health Medical Center–Little Rock; and Diamond Risk Insurance, LLC v. Khampasith Sourinphoumy, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division.

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