Arkansas Public Defender Commission v. Pulaski County Circuit Court

PAUL E. DANIELSON, Justice.

|,This case arose from an order of the Pulaski County Circuit Court ordering the Arkansas Public Defender Commission (APDC) to pay expenses associated with the defense of Abdulhakim Muhammad, a capital-murder defendant, who is represented by retained counsel. The decision of the circuit court was announced from the bench on January 11, 2010, and entered by order on January 21, 2010. On that same day, the circuit court denied the APDC’s motion for reconsideration. The APDC filed a notice of appeal and intent to petition for writs of prohibition and certio-rari with…