Vol. 34, Issue 12
December 11, 2023

Civil Cases

Summary judgment in medical malpractice case was reversed based on application of res ipsa loquitur

Burks v. Brown - 2023 Ark.App. 562 Arkansas Court of Appeals. December 6, 2023. Circuit Court of Independence County, Hon. Holly Meyer. REVERSED AND REMANDED.

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Criminal Cases

Defendant was questioned four separate times, requested a lawyer and had a lawyer before being questioned but statements were admissible

Driver v. State - 2023 Ark. 181 Arkansas Supreme Court. December 7, 2023. Circuit Court of Conway County, Hon. Jerry Don Ramey. AFFIRMED.

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Failure to pursue suppression of custodial statement does not satisfy a Wicks exception; statements to wife were not privileged

Goehler v. State - 2023 Ark. 186 Arkansas Supreme Court. December 7, 2023. Circuit Court of Fulton County, Hon. Tim Weaver. AFFIRMED.

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Sex with minor was legal, but allowing him to see her vagina was not

Kidd v. State - 2023 Ark.App. 553 Arkansas Court of Appeals. December 6, 2023. Circuit Court of White County, Hon. Mark Pate. AFFIRMED.

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