James Ray Thompson v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

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2021 Ark. 117

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CV-20-416 Opinion Delivered: May 27, 2021 JAMES RAY THOMPSON APPELLANT PRO SE APPEAL FROM THE LINCOLN COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT V. [NO. 40CV-20-43] DEXTER PAYNE, DIRECTOR, HONORABLE JODI RAINES ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF DENNIS, JUDGE CORRECTION APPELLEE AFFIRMED. KAREN R. BAKER, Associate Justice Appellant James Ray Thompson appeals the Lincoln County Circuit Court’s dismissal of his pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated sections 16-112-101 to -123 (Repl. 2016). Thompson, who is incarcerated in the…