Legal Opinion

Arkansas Public Defender Commission v. Greene County Circuit Court

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided December 7, 2000No. CR 00-452PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TOM Glaze, Justice.

The Arkansas Public Defender Commission petitions this court for a writ of certiorari to Greene County Circuit Judge John Fogleman, directing him to set aside an order entered March 15, 2000, requiring the Commission to pay the attorney’s fees for appointed counsel representing a prisoner in his postconviction proceedings under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37. For the reasons set out below, we grant the Commission’s petition.

The facts leading up to this situation are as follows. William Wesley Skiver was convicted of aggravated robbery on September 29, 1995, and sentenced to life in…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Murray v. GiarratanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Pitcock v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
  5. Lupo v. LinebergerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
  2. J.E. Merit Constructors, Inc. v. CooperSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  3. City of Benton v. Arkansas Soil & Water Conservation CommissionSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  4. Banks v. EvansSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
  5. Shotzman v. BerumenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2005

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