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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 22, 2024 JOHN DAN KEMP, CHIEF JUSTICE CR-23-486. Royce Calkins v. State of Arkansas, from Stone County Circuit Court. Affirmed.

CODY HILAND, JUSTICE CR-23-603. William Nelson v. State of Arkansas, from Lonoke County Circuit Court. Affirmed on direct appeal; cross-appeal dismissed.

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 22, 2024 PER CURIAM ORDERS REVIEWS DENIED: Petitions for review were denied today in the following cases. CR-22-616. Jimmie Holland v. State of Arkansas, from Washington County Circuit Court. Webb, J., not participating.

CR-23-125. AnnaJoy Kidd v. State of Arkansas, from White County Circuit Court. CR-23-156. Jimmy Jacobs v. State of Arkansas, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Womack and Webb, JJ., would grant.

CR-23-185. Minor Child v. State of Arkansas, from Pope County Circuit Court. CR-23-186. Sergio Sanchez-Gonzales v. State of Arkansas, from Saline County Circuit Court.

CV-22-150. Leanne Carpenter and Shelley Benton v. Corey Patterson, from Prairie County Circuit Court, Northern District.

CV-22-719. David Treece and Nancy Treece v. Bree Calley and Richard Calley, from Garland County Circuit Court. Womack, J., would grant.

E-22-544. Ferdiando Green v. Director et al., from the Arkansas Board of Review. ********************************************* CR-22-459. Mitchell Wine v. State of Arkansas, from Saline County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion to reopen proceeding based on new information is denied. Wood, J., would dismiss.

CR-23-401. Morgan Richard Weatherford v. State of Arkansas, from Logan County Circuit Court, Southern District. Appellee’s motion for extension of time to supplement record and return writ is granted.

CR-23-706. Tyler Joseph Barefield v. State of Arkansas, from Pope County Circuit Court. Appellant’s motion to supplement the record. Motion to supplement the record is denied; alternative request to remand to settle the record is granted.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 22, 2024 PER CURIAM ORDERS CV-23-416. Hotels.com, L.P.; Hotwire, Inc.; Trip Network, Inc. (d/b/a Cheaptickets.com); Expedia, Inc.; Internetwork Publishing Corp. (d/b/a Lodging.com); Orbitz, LLC; priceline.com Incorporated (n/k/a Booking Holdings, Inc.); priceline.com, LLC; Travelocity.com, L.P. (n/k/a TVL LP); Travelweb, LLC; and Site59.com, LLC v. Pine Bluff Advertising and Promotion Commission; Jefferson County, Arkansas, and All Others Similarly Situated; City of North Little Rock, Arkansas, and All Others Similarly Situated; State of Arkansas ex rel. Larry Jegley, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Appellants’ motion for expansion of word count is denied. Womack and Webb, JJ., would grant.

CV-23-416. Hotels.com, L.P.; Hotwire, Inc.; Trip Network, Inc. (d/b/a Cheaptickets.com); Expedia, Inc.; Internetwork Publishing Corp. (d/b/a Lodging.com); Orbitz, LLC; priceline.com Incorporated (n/k/a Booking Holdings, Inc.); priceline.com, LLC; Travelocity.com, L.P. (n/k/a TVL LP); Travelweb, LLC; and Site59.com, LLC v. Pine Bluff Advertising and Promotion Commission; Jefferson County, Arkansas, and All Others Similarly Situated; City of North Little Rock, Arkansas, and All Others Similarly Situated; State of Arkansas ex rel. Larry Jegley, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Motion of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce for leave to file brief of amicus curiae is granted.

********************************************* CR-23-153. Donald Adams v. State of Arkansas, from Benton County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion to file belated brief is moot. Wood, J., would deny.

CR-23-153. Donald Adams v. State of Arkansas, from Benton County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion to withdraw appeal is granted. Wood, J., would deny.

CR-23-719. Qatonious Lee Sirkaneo a/k/a/ Walter Allen Brooks v. State of Arkansas, from St. Francis County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus is moot.

CV-23-633. Charles Edward Harris, Jr. v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction; Bobby Glover, Chairman, Arkansas Board of Corrections; John Doe, Vice Chairman, Arkansas Board of Corrections; Buddy Chadick, Secretary, Arkansas Board of Corrections; Tyronne Broomfield; John Felts; William Byers; and Whitney Gass, in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Arkansas Board of Corrections, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Appellant’s pro se motion to supplement the record is denied.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 22, 2024 PER CURIAM ORDERS CV-23-733. John Luckett v. Arkansas Parole Board; John Felts, Jamol Jones, Andy Shock, Boyce Hamlet, Wendy Ryals, Doug Smith, and Lona McCastlain, in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Arkansas Parole Board; Arkansas Department of Correction; Arkansas Division of Correction; Dexter Payne, in His Official Capacity as Director, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Appellant’s pro se motion for extension of time to file brief is granted in part.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 22, 2024 MOTIONS SUBMITTED PETITION FOR REHEARING: CR-23-308. Terrick Nooner v. State of Arkansas, from Saline County Circuit Court. ********************************************* CR-23-203. Bobby Wyles v. State of Arkansas, from Perry County Circuit Court. Appellee’s motion for extension of time to settle and supplement the record and return writ.

CR-23-308. Terrick Nooner v. State of Arkansas, from Saline County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for recusal of Justice.

CR-23-618. Mauricio Alejandro Torres v. State of Arkansas, from Benton County Circuit Court. Appellant’s second motion for extension of time to comply with writ of certiorari.

CR-23-656. Keenan Letrell Hudson v. State of Arkansas, from Arkansas County Circuit Court, Northern District. Appellant’s petition for extension of writ of certiorari to complete the record.

CR-24-74. Katherine Gibby v. State of Arkansas, from Lawrence County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

CV-22-739. Bennett Scott “Storm” Nolan II and River Valley Production, LLC, d/b/a River Valley Relief Cultivation v. 2600 Holdings, LLC, d/b/a Southern Roots Cultivation; Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration; Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division; and Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourth Division. Motion of Matthew Ford, Kate Donoven, and Darnisa Johnson to withdraw as counsel of record for separate appellees Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration; Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division; and Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission.

CV-23-758. In Re Daniel Joseph Lickteig, from Washington County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se motion for an extension of time to pay fees to proceed on appeal for writ of mandamus.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 22, 2024 MOTIONS SUBMITTED CV-24-60. Jesse Lee Beamon, Jr., and Mary A. Beamon, Individually and as Trustees of the Jesse Lee Beamon, Jr. and Mary A. Beamon Family Trust Dated 13th October 2015; and the Jesse Lee Beamon, Jr. and Mary A. Beamon Family Trust Dated 13th October 2015 v. Donnell Bauer and Marilyn Bauer, from Crawford County Circuit Court. Respondents’ motion to supplement the record.

CV-24-60. Jesse Lee Beamon, Jr., and Mary A. Beamon, Individually and as Trustees of the Jesse Lee Beamon, Jr. and Mary A. Beamon Family Trust Dated 13th October 2015; and the Jesse Lee Beamon, Jr. and Mary A. Beamon Family Trust Dated 13th October 2015 v. Donnell Bauer and Marilyn Bauer, from Crawford County Circuit Court. Petitioners’ petition for writ of prohibition.

D-24-84. In Re Jesse C. Woods, Arkansas Bar No. 2011004, an Original Action. Petition of Jesse C. Woods, Arkansas Bar No. 2011004, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation).

D-24-95. In Re Marney E. Gilliam, Arkansas Bar No. 2004152, an Original Action. Petition of Marney E. Gilliam, Arkansas Bar No. 2004152, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation).

D-24-107. In Re Brian M. Gilliam, Arkansas Bar No. 2004151, an Original Action. Petition of Brian M. Gilliam, Arkansas Bar No. 2004151, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation).

D-24-112. In Re Warren Hunter Carpenter, Arkansas Bar No. 2003177, an Original Action. Petition of Warren Hunter Carpenter, Arkansas Bar No. 2003177, for voluntary surrender of license (resignation).

********************************************* CR-23-411. Ricky Lewis Neal v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventh Division. Appellant’s pro se motion for copy of the reply brief.

CR-24-48. Jay R. Moody v. State of Arkansas, from Union County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus.

CR-24-48. Jay R. Moody v. State of Arkansas, from Union County Circuit Court. Petitioner’s pro se amended petition for writ of mandamus.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 22, 2024 MOTIONS SUBMITTED CV-24-69. Charles Edwin Hamner v. State of Arkansas, an Original Action. Petitioner’s pro se motion for rule on clerk.

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ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS OF FEBRUARY 22, 2024 CASES SUBMITTED CV-23-450. Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration v. Trotter Auto, Inc., d/b/a Trotter Toyota, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Orally argued.

CV-23-59. Kenneth D. Stuart, James Greenhaw, Elizabeth Jessup, Amber Wooldridge, Kevin Lightburn, Kalvin Henderson, Timothy Tyler Gardner, Jamshid Mirtalipov, Garrett Taylor, and CBC Vision, LLC v. Larry Walther, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Eighth Division.

CV-23-412. Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration v. Kit C. and Jole Wilson, from Phillips County Circuit Court.

CV-23-518. Chris P. Corbitt, Esq. v. Arkansas State University; Trustees Christy Clark, Price Gardner, Neil Crowson, Jerry Morgan, Steve Eddington, Paul Rowton, and Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr., in Their Official Capacities as Trustees, from Craighead County Circuit Court, Western District.

CV-23-755. Arkansas Voter Integrity Initiative, Inc.; Conrad Reynolds; and Donnie Scroggins v. John Thurston, in His Official Capacity as Arkansas Secretary of State; the Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners, in Its Official Capacity; and Election Systems and Software, LLC, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division.

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