Samontry v. State

ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the circuit court’s disqualification of Reggie Koch as counsel for appellants, Ae Samontry and Pornpiemon Phouangmany. We dismiss the appeal with respect to Samontry and reverse Koch’s disqualification as counsel for Phouangmany.

We first address whether an interlocutory appeal is the proper procedure. In civil matters, an interlocutory appeal may be taken from an order disqualifying an attorney from further participation in the case. See Ark. R.App. P. — Civ. 2(a)(8) (2012). There is no corresponding rule in the Arkansas Rules of…