Smith v. Fox

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This case comes before us as a petition tice. prohibition, or in the alternative, writ of certiorari or writ of mandamus. We are asked to decide whether a federal mental evaluation is sufficient to satisfy Arkansas’ statutory scheme governing such evaluations, found in Ark. Code Ann. § 5-2-305 (Supp. 2003). Procedurally, the State also questions whether the petitioner Tyree Smith has standing to obtain any one of the extraordinary writs he seeks from our court in deciding if the trial court erred in its interpretation and application of § 5-2-305. The State submits that…