Legal Opinion

JAMES EDWARD WHITNEY v. STATE OF ARKANSAS

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 25, 2018No. CR-17-920PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJohn Dan Kemp, Chief Justice

| petitioner James Edward Whitney filed in this court a pro se “petition for review en banc of the clerks [sic] decision” in which he requests permission to proceed with an appeal of an order entered by the trial court denying his pro se petition for dismissal of fines, fees, and costs. Because Whitney’s petition for dismissal did not provide a basis for the trial court to grant relief, it is clear that the appeal cannot succeed. We therefore treat the petition for review as a motion for rule on clerk, and we dismiss the motion.

A jury in the Washington County Circuit Court convicted Whitney…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Richie v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2009
  2. Gavin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2018
  2. Stewart v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2018

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