Category: Arkansas Court Opinions

Wiley GRUBBS v. CREDIT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY 96-889 942 S.W.2d 249Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered April 14, 1997 ATTORNEY CLIENT — MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES ON APPEAL DENIED — AWARD PREMATURE. — The supreme court concluded that an award of attorneys’ fees before recovery against the insurer under the policy was premature, there having […]

Roger GRAHAM v. Charles L. DANIELS, Director of Labor, and CARGILL, Inc. No. CA 79-374 601 S.W.2d 229Court of Appeals of Arkansas Opinion delivered June 18, 1980 Released for publication July 8, 1980 1. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY — VOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT DUE TO RESPIRATORY DISEASE — PRESERVATION OF JOB RIGHTS. — Where claimant worked in appellee’s floor […]

Vester Mae ELLIS v. STATE of Arkansas 637 S.W.2d 588Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered July 12, 1982 1. APPEAL ERROR — MOTION FOR BELATED APPEAL — GOOD CAUSE FOR GRANTING MOTION. — Where an attorney for a criminal defendant attaches an affidavit to a motion for a belated appeal and concedes that it was […]

Danny Lee HILL v. STATE of Arkansas CA CR 98-830 985 S.W.2d 342Court of Appeals of Arkansas Division II Opinion delivered February 17, 1999 1. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — REVOCATION HEARING — DEFENDANT ENTITLED TO DUE PROCESS. — Although in a revocation hearing a defendant is not entitled to the full panoply of rights that attend […]

Carol MARX v. HURON LITTLE ROCK d/b/a Hilton Inn-Little Rock. No. CA 04-246. 198 S.W.3d 127Court of Appeals of Arkansas. Opinion delivered November 10, 2004. 1. MOTIONS — DENIAL OF MOTION FOR DIRECTED VERDICT — STANDARD OF REVIEW. — When reviewing a denial of a motion for directed verdict, the appellate court determines whether the […]

GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. v. Roscoe T. EARL. No. 04-769. 208 S.W.3d 106Supreme Court of Arkansas. Opinion delivered May 5, 2005. 1. APPEAL ERROR — BENCH TRIAL — STANDARD OF REVIEW. — Findings of fact of a trial court sitting as a jury will not be reversed on appeal unless clearly against a preponderance of […]

WILLIAMS v. STATE. No. CR 3827 55 S.W.2d 928Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered January 9, 1933. 1. JURY — EXAMINATION AS TO CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES. — On trial of a capital case, it was not error to permit the prosecuting attorney to ask jurors upon their voir dire whether they had any conscientious scruples against […]

Gerald Dale PIERCE v. Margie PIERCE (ORTNER) No. CA 79-25 596 S.W.2d 364Court of Appeals of Arkansas Opinion delivered March 19, 1980 Released for publication April 9, 1980 1. DIVORCE — CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS — SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION UPON CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES. — The Chancery Court has the unquestioned power to alter the allowance of […]

CARL RUDD, APPELLANT v. STATE OF ARKANSAS, APPELLEE CA CR 01-431 61 S.W.3d 885Court of Appeals of Arkansas Division III Opinion delivered December 5, 2001 [Petition for rehearing denied January 9, 2002.] 1. Evidence — sufficiency of — considered first on appeal. — The appellate court considers sufficiency of the evidence before addressing other alleged […]

Stanley K. DELANCY v. STATE of Arkansas CR 03-615 151 S.W.3d 301Supreme Court of Arkansas. Opinion delivered February 26, 2004 1. APPEAL ERROR — MOOTNESS — MOOT ISSUES GENERALLY NOT REVIEWED. — As a general rule, the appellate courts of this state will not review issues that are moot; to do so would be to […]