Legal Opinion · Dissent

Wooten v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided December 2, 2010No. CR 95-975Published

1DissentJim Hannah, Chief Justice

1⅞|1 respectfully dissent. This court has long recognized its inherent authority to recall its mandate, see Boynton v. Asha-branner, 75 Ark. 415, 422, 88 S.W. 1011, 1011 (1905), and that authority is not limited or controlled by the supposed three-factor test noted by the majority. The three-factor test for recalling a mandate set out in Lee v. State, 367 Ark. 84, 238 S.W.3d 52 (2006), and noted in the majority opinion and in the concurring opinion, misstates the law. This court in Lee derived the three factors from Robbins v. State, 353 Ark. 556, 114 S.W.3d 217 (2003); however, in Robbins,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Robbins v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
  2. Willett v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  3. Wooten v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
  4. Wooten v. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  5. Boynton v. AshabrannerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905

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