Arkansas, February, 2007, State Case law

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State Courts - Arkansas - February 8, 2007

Smith v. Norris, No. 07-70, SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS, February 8, 2007, Opinion Delivered
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Talley v. State, No. 07-73, SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS, February 8, 2007, Delivered
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Overview: The inmate's motion for rule on clerk, Ark. R. App. P. Civ. 5(a), was denied where there was no order denying the inmate's request to proceed as an indigent on appeal. The inmate did not establish good cause for his failure to tender the record to the supreme court in a timely manner, and the motion to proceed with the appeal was denied.

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Turner v. State, No. CR 06-1458, SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS, February 8, 2007, Opinion Delivered
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Overview: An order denying defendant's pro se Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1 petition for postconviction relief was upheld where trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to a defective information. The defects about which defendant complained included the lack of victims' names in various criminal counts. Defendant failed to show how he was prejudiced.

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Wyles v. State, No. CR 06-1031, SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS, February 8, 2007, Delivered
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Overview: There was substantial evidence to support defendant's conviction for the second degree murder of his wife. The jury could infer from the medical evidence alone that defendant intended to commit second degree murder. The jury could also infer defendant's guilt from his efforts to conceal the crime from the authorities and his family and friends.

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