Linell v. State

Appellant Carl Lee Linell seeks relief from the denial of his writ of mandamus that sought to order the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney S. Kyle Hunter to authorize the release of information and evidence from his criminal case from the Arkansas State Crime Lab. As we find the circuit court did not abuse its discretion and that Linell was not entitled to the writ, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural History

Linell was convicted of two counts of capital murder and one count of attempted murder in 1983, for which he was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment without parole and twenty…