Mitchell v. State

On September 6, 1997, a hearing was held before the Arkansas Board of Certified Court Reporter Examiners concerning a complaint filed by then-practicing attorney Wayne A. Gruber against Nila J. Keels, CCR #456. As a result of that hearing, Keels’s license was revoked. That revocation still stands. The Board’s actions are filed with the Supreme Court Clerk’s file, of which this court takes judicial notice. See Shoemate v. State, 339 Ark. 403, 5 S.W3d 446 (1999); State v. Knight, 259 Ark. 107, 533 S.W2d 488 (1976).

The issue now before this court involving Ms. Keels arises in Raymond Mitchell’s…