Vol. 31, Issue 12
November 23, 2020
Civil Cases
Repayment of margin loan did not create marital property that needed to be divided
Hardin v. Hardin -
2020 Ark.App. 516
Arkansas Court of Appeals. November 19, 2020.
Circuit Court of Jefferson County,
Hon. Leon Jamison.
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART.
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Refusal to Terminate guardianship was reversed where trial court erroneously found "exceptional factors" to continue even though father was not unfit
Samples v. Ward -
2020 Ark.App. 524
Arkansas Court of Appeals. November 18, 2020.
Circuit Court of Clay County,
Hon. Dan Ritchey.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
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Criminal Cases
Spurred by the "most heinous crime" she has ever dealt with, Justice Hart voices need for reformation of death penalty jurisprudence
Collins v. State -
2020 Ark. 371
Arkansas Supreme Court. November 12, 2020.
Circuit Court of Pulaski County,
Hon. Herbert Wright.
AFFIRMED; REMANDED TO CORRECT THE SENTENCING ORDER.
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Rape conviction affirmed; sufficient evidence of compulsion, prosecutor's remarks were not sufficient to reverse
Barnum v. State -
2020 Ark.App. 523
Arkansas Court of Appeals. November 18, 2020.
Circuit Court of Faulkner County,
Hon. Charles Clawson.
AFFIRMED.
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