Hobbs v. Hodge

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2015 Ark. 207

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CV-14-470 Opinion Delivered May 14, 2015 RAY HOBBS, DIRECTOR, APPEAL FROM THE LEE COUNTY ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CIRCUIT COURT CORRECTION [NO. 39CV-13-82] APPELLANT HONORABLE L.T. SIMES II, JUDGE V. AARON HODGE APPELLEE REVERSED AND REMANDED. JOSEPHINE LINKER HART, Associate Justice Ray Hobbs, the Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction (the State), appeals from an order granting habeas-corpus relief to Aaron Hodge. Hodge was convicted of capital murder for the shooting deaths of his mother, Barbara Flick, his stepfather, David Flick,…