430 Arkansas opinions name it 3 courts 1899–2026 48 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Arkansas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Jeffers v. Stategreen2 sentences2020Id. (citing Rowbottom v. State, 341 Ark. 33 , 13 S.W.3d 4 904 (2000) (double-jeopardy claim was a fundamental claim that appellant could raise for the first time in Rule 37 proceedings); Collins v. State, 324 Ark. 322 , 920 S.W.2d 846 (1996) (right to twelve-member jury is such a fundamental right that it could be raised for the first time in a Rule 37 proceeding); Jeffers v. State, 301 Ark. 590, 591 , 786 S.W.2d 114, 114 (1990) (“A ground sufficient to void a conviction must be one so basic that it renders the judgment a complete nullity, [as,] for example, a judgment obtained in a court lack 2014Halfacre v. State, 2010 Ark. 377 (per curiam); Travis v. State, 286 Ark. 26 , 688 S.W.2d 935 (1985); Collins v. State, 271 Ark. 825 , 611 S.W.2d 182 (1981) (per curiam), cert. denied, 452 U.S. 973 (1981); see Howard v. State, 367 Ark. 18 , 238 S.W.3d 24 (2006); Rowbottom v. State, 341 Ark. 33 , 13 S.W.3d 904 (2000) (double-jeopardy claim was a fundamental claim that appellant could raise for the first time in Rule 37.1 proceedings); see also Collins v. State, 324 Ark. 322 , 920 S.W.2d 846 (1996) (right to twelve-member jury is such a fundamental right that it could be raised for the first time | 6 | 6 |
Starling v. Stategreen2 sentences2020Id. (citing Rowbottom v. State, 341 Ark. 33 , 13 S.W.3d 4 904 (2000) (double-jeopardy claim was a fundamental claim that appellant could raise for the first time in Rule 37 proceedings); Collins v. State, 324 Ark. 322 , 920 S.W.2d 846 (1996) (right to twelve-member jury is such a fundamental right that it could be raised for the first time in a Rule 37 proceeding); Jeffers v. State, 301 Ark. 590, 591 , 786 S.W.2d 114, 114 (1990) (“A ground sufficient to void a conviction must be one so basic that it renders the judgment a complete nullity, [as,] for example, a judgment obtained in a court lack 2014Halfacre v. State, 2010 Ark. 377 (per curiam); Travis v. State, 286 Ark. 26 , 688 S.W.2d 935 (1985); Collins v. State, 271 Ark. 825 , 611 S.W.2d 182 (1981) (per curiam), cert. denied, 452 U.S. 973 (1981); see Howard v. State, 367 Ark. 18 , 238 S.W.3d 24 (2006); Rowbottom v. State, 341 Ark. 33 , 13 S.W.3d 904 (2000) (double-jeopardy claim was a fundamental claim that appellant could raise for the first time in Rule 37.1 proceedings); see also Collins v. State, 324 Ark. 322 , 920 S.W.2d 846 (1996) (right to twelve-member jury is such a fundamental right that it could be raised for the first time | 6 | 6 |
Rowbottom v. Stategreen2 sentences2020Id. (citing Rowbottom v. State, 341 Ark. 33 , 13 S.W.3d 4 904 (2000) (double-jeopardy claim was a fundamental claim that appellant could raise for the first time in Rule 37 proceedings); Collins v. State, 324 Ark. 322 , 920 S.W.2d 846 (1996) (right to twelve-member jury is such a fundamental right that it could be raised for the first time in a Rule 37 proceeding); Jeffers v. State, 301 Ark. 590, 591 , 786 S.W.2d 114, 114 (1990) (“A ground sufficient to void a conviction must be one so basic that it renders the judgment a complete nullity, [as,] for example, a judgment obtained in a court lack 2014Halfacre v. State, 2010 Ark. 377 (per curiam); Travis v. State, 286 Ark. 26 , 688 S.W.2d 935 (1985); Collins v. State, 271 Ark. 825 , 611 S.W.2d 182 (1981) (per curiam), cert. denied, 452 U.S. 973 (1981); see Howard v. State, 367 Ark. 18 , 238 S.W.3d 24 (2006); Rowbottom v. State, 341 Ark. 33 , 13 S.W.3d 904 (2000) (double-jeopardy claim was a fundamental claim that appellant could raise for the first time in Rule 37.1 proceedings); see also Collins v. State, 324 Ark. 322 , 920 S.W.2d 846 (1996) (right to twelve-member jury is such a fundamental right that it could be raised for the first time | 5 | 11 |
Howard v. Stategreen2 sentences2018Garrison v. Kelley , 2018 Ark. 8 , 534 S.W.3d 136 ; see also Howard v. State , 367 Ark. 18 , 238 S.W.3d 24 (2006) (holding that prosecutorial misconduct was trial error that did not rise to the level of fundamental error). *859 Claims of actual innocence, which are effectively challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence, are due-process claims that are not cognizable in habeas proceedings that are not brought under Act 1780. 2018Garrison v. Kelley , 2018 Ark. 8 , 534 S.W.3d 136 ; see also Howard v. State , 367 Ark. 18 , 238 S.W.3d 24 (2006) (holding that prosecutorial misconduct was trial error that did not rise to the level of fundamental error). *859 Claims of actual innocence, which are effectively challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence, are due-process claims that are not cognizable in habeas proceedings that are not brought under Act 1780. | 5 | 6 |
Collins v. Stategreen2 sentences2020Id. (citing Rowbottom v. State, 341 Ark. 33 , 13 S.W.3d 4 904 (2000) (double-jeopardy claim was a fundamental claim that appellant could raise for the first time in Rule 37 proceedings); Collins v. State, 324 Ark. 322 , 920 S.W.2d 846 (1996) (right to twelve-member jury is such a fundamental right that it could be raised for the first time in a Rule 37 proceeding); Jeffers v. State, 301 Ark. 590, 591 , 786 S.W.2d 114, 114 (1990) (“A ground sufficient to void a conviction must be one so basic that it renders the judgment a complete nullity, [as,] for example, a judgment obtained in a court lack 2020Id. (citing Rowbottom v. State, 341 Ark. 33 , 13 S.W.3d 4 904 (2000) (double-jeopardy claim was a fundamental claim that appellant could raise for the first time in Rule 37 proceedings); Collins v. State, 324 Ark. 322 , 920 S.W.2d 846 (1996) (right to twelve-member jury is such a fundamental right that it could be raised for the first time in a Rule 37 proceeding); Jeffers v. State, 301 Ark. 590, 591 , 786 S.W.2d 114, 114 (1990) (“A ground sufficient to void a conviction must be one so basic that it renders the judgment a complete nullity, [as,] for example, a judgment obtained in a court lack | 4 | 6 |
Gazaway v. Greene County Equalization Boardgreen2 sentences2010In considering the relationship between existing law and your proposed measure, which you characterize as changing existing law, I must draw your attention to the principle of construction set forth in Gazaway v. Greene County Equalization Bd. , 314 Ark. 569 , 575 , 864 S.W.2d 233 (1993): "The phrase expressio unius est exclusio alterius is a fundamental principle of statutory construction that the express designation of one thing may properly be construed to mean the exclusion of another." Chem-Ash, Inc. v. Arkansas Power Light Co. , 296 Ark. 83 , 751 S.W.2d 353 (1988); Venhaus v. Hale , 281 2010In considering the relationship between existing law and your proposed measure, which you characterize as changing existing law, I must draw your attention to the principle of construction set forth in Gazaway v. Greene County Equalization Bd. , 314 Ark. 569 , 575 , 864 S.W.2d 233 (1993): "The phrase expressio unius est exclusio alterius is a fundamental principle of statutory construction that the express designation of one thing may properly be construed to mean the exclusion of another." Chem-Ash, Inc. v. Arkansas Power Light Co. , 296 Ark. 83 , 751 S.W.2d 353 (1988); Venhaus v. Hale , 281 | 3 | 25 |
Green v. Stategreen2 sentences2021Id. 2020See Green, 2016 Ark. 386 , 502 S.W.3d 524 (Erroneous advice regarding parole-eligibility status did not support a claim of a coerced plea and thus did not provide a basis for coram nobis relief.). | 3 | 5 |
Howard v. Stategreen2 sentences2020See, e.g., Howard v. State, 2012 Ark. 177, at 4 , 403 S.W.3d 38, 42 (“For the writ to issue following the affirmance of a conviction and sentence, the petitioner must show a fundamental error of fact extrinsic to the record.”). 8 However, an evidentiary hearing is warranted for Smith’s claims concerning whether there was an undisclosed arrangement between the prosecutor and witness Gonzalez for Gonzalez’s testimony against Smith. 2020See, e.g., Howard v. State, 2012 Ark. 177, at 4 , 403 S.W.3d 38, 42 (“For the writ to issue following the affirmance of a conviction and sentence, the petitioner must show a fundamental error of fact extrinsic to the record.”). 8 However, an evidentiary hearing is warranted for Smith’s claims concerning whether there was an undisclosed arrangement between the prosecutor and witness Gonzalez for Gonzalez’s testimony against Smith. | 2 | 15 |
Donoho v. Donohogreen2 sentences2010See Donoho v. Donoho, 318 Ark. 637 , 887 S.W.2d 290 (1994) (“This court has held that as a basic and fundamental rule when considering the effect of statutes is that repeal by implication is not favored and is never allowed except where there is such an invincible repugnancy between the former and the latter provisions that both cannot stand together.”). 2010See Donoho v. Donoho, 318 Ark. 637 , 887 S.W.2d 290 (1994) (“This court has held that as a basic and fundamental rule when considering the effect of statutes is that repeal by implication is not favored and is never allowed except where there is such an invincible repugnancy between the former and the latter provisions that both cannot stand together.”). | 2 | 8 |
Hodges v. Huckabeegreen2 sentences2010The fundamental rule is that the words of the constitution or statute should ordinarily be given their obvious and natural meaning.” Hodges v. Huckabee, 338 Ark. 454, 458 , 995 S.W.2d 341, 345 (1999). 2010The fundamental rule is that the words of the constitution or statute should ordinarily be given their obvious and natural meaning.” Hodges v. Huckabee, 338 Ark. 454, 458 , 995 S.W.2d 341, 345 (1999). | 2 | 3 |
| United States v. Ballgreen | 2 | 2 |
Roberts v. Stategreen2 sentences2019The petitioner has the burden of demonstrating a fundamental error of fact extrinsic to the record. *114 Roberts , 2013 Ark. 56 , 425 S.W.3d 771 . 2019The petitioner has the burden of demonstrating a fundamental error of fact extrinsic to the record. *114 Roberts , 2013 Ark. 56 , 425 S.W.3d 771 . | 1 | 147 |
Chem-Ash, Inc. v. Arkansas Power & Light Co.green2 sentences2010See n. 1, supra . 9 The term "private agency" is defined in the Act as meaning "any person, firm, association, organization, or entity, other than a public agency doing business with or providing accommodations for the public, whose customary and normal operations include the providing of parking spaces as a means of accommodating the general public or a select clientele or membership[.]" I do not consider the legislature's acknowledgment in this statute of a city's authority to enforce the Act on private property as being an exercise of the principle expressio unius est exclusio alterius , wh 2010See n. 1, supra . 9 The term "private agency" is defined in the Act as meaning "any person, firm, association, organization, or entity, other than a public agency doing business with or providing accommodations for the public, whose customary and normal operations include the providing of parking spaces as a means of accommodating the general public or a select clientele or membership[.]" I do not consider the legislature's acknowledgment in this statute of a city's authority to enforce the Act on private property as being an exercise of the principle expressio unius est exclusio alterius , wh | 1 | 22 |
Mathews v. Eldridgegreen2 sentences2021Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976). 2021Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976). | 1 | 8 |
Alford v. Stategreen2 sentences2006"No one doubts the fundamental rule of exclusion, which forbids the prosecution from proving the commission of one crime by proof of the commission of another." Alford v. State, 223 Ark. 330, 333 , 266 S.W.2d 804, 806 (1954). 2006"No one doubts the fundamental rule of exclusion, which forbids the prosecution from proving the commission of one crime by proof of the commission of another." Alford v. State, 223 Ark. 330, 333 , 266 S.W.2d 804, 806 (1954). | 1 | 6 |
Williams v. Stategreen2 sentences2018Accordingly, Henington did not meet his threshold burden of demonstrating a fundamental error of fact extrinsic to the record that was concealed from the defense. 2 See Williams v. State , 2017 Ark. 313 , 530 S.W.3d 844 . 2018Accordingly, Henington did not meet his threshold burden of demonstrating a fundamental error of fact extrinsic to the record that was concealed from the defense. 2 See Williams v. State , 2017 Ark. 313 , 530 S.W.3d 844 . | 1 | 4 |
Lee v. Stategreen2 sentences2020See id. 2019Id. | 1 | 3 |
Marks v. Stategreen2 sentences2015See Marks v. State, 375 Ark. 265, 273 , 289 S.W.3d 923, 929 (2008) (stating the fundamental principle of criminal law that the State has the burden of proving, the defendant guilty beyond, a reasonable doubt). 2015See Marks v. State, 375 Ark. 265, 273 , 289 S.W.3d 923, 929 (2008) (stating the fundamental principle of criminal law that the State has the burden of proving, the defendant guilty beyond, a reasonable doubt). | 1 | 3 |
| Doe v. Baumgreen | 1 | 2 |
| Green v. Stategreen | 1 | 2 |
| CITIFINANCIAL MORTG. CO., INC. v. Matthewsgreen | 1 | 2 |
| United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co.green | 1 | 2 |
| James McElroy v. State of Arkansasgreen | 1 | 1 |
| Yarborough v. Alvaradogreen | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Arkansas. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
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Venhaus v. Hale
green
2 sentences2010See n. 1, supra . 9 The term "private agency" is defined in the Act as meaning "any person, firm, association, organization, or entity, other than a public agency doing business with or providing accommodations for the public, whose customary and normal operations include the providing of parking spaces as a means of accommodating the general public or a select clientele or membership[.]" I do not consider the legislature's acknowledgment in this statute of a city's authority to enforce the Act on private property as being an exercise of the principle expressio unius est exclusio alterius , wh 2010See n. 1, supra . 9 The term "private agency" is defined in the Act as meaning "any person, firm, association, organization, or entity, other than a public agency doing business with or providing accommodations for the public, whose customary and normal operations include the providing of parking spaces as a means of accommodating the general public or a select clientele or membership[.]" I do not consider the legislature's acknowledgment in this statute of a city's authority to enforce the Act on private property as being an exercise of the principle expressio unius est exclusio alterius , wh | 22 | 1993–2011 |
Wright v. State
green
2 sentences2015Wright v. State, 2014 Ark. 25 , 2014 WL 260993 (per curiam). 2015Wright v. State, 2014 Ark. 25 , 2014 WL 260993 (per curiam). | 10 | 2014–2015 |
Jackson v. State
green
2 sentences2021Id. 2020Id. | 6 | 2019–2021 |
Munson v. State
green
2 sentences2003Boston v. State, 330 Ark. 99 , 952 S.W.2d 671 (1997); Rush v. State, 324 Ark. 147 , 919 S.W.2d 933 (1996); Munson v. State, 331 Ark. 41 , 959 S.W.2d 391 (1998). 2003Boston v. State, 330 Ark. 99 , 952 S.W.2d 671 (1997); Rush v. State, 324 Ark. 147 , 919 S.W.2d 933 (1996); Munson v. State, 331 Ark. 41 , 959 S.W.2d 391 (1998). | 5 | 2000–2003 |
Rush v. State
green
2 sentences2003Boston v. State, 330 Ark. 99 , 952 S.W.2d 671 (1997); Rush v. State, 324 Ark. 147 , 919 S.W.2d 933 (1996); Munson v. State, 331 Ark. 41 , 959 S.W.2d 391 (1998). 2003Boston v. State, 330 Ark. 99 , 952 S.W.2d 671 (1997); Rush v. State, 324 Ark. 147 , 919 S.W.2d 933 (1996); Munson v. State, 331 Ark. 41 , 959 S.W.2d 391 (1998). | 5 | 1997–2003 |
Newman v. State
green
2 sentences2016Newman, 2009 Ark. 539 , 354 S.W.3d 61 , The petitioner has the burden of demonstrating a fundamental error of fact extrinsic to the record. 2016Newman, 2009 Ark. 539 , 354 S.W.3d 61 , The petitioner has the burden of demonstrating a fundamental error of fact extrinsic to the record. | 4 | 2016–2020 |
Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council
green
2 sentences2010I do not pursue this line further here because I expect you may narrow upon any resubmission your proposal's potential application to federal law. 3 With respect to the issue of preemption, the United States Supreme Court declared as follows in Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council , 530 U.S. 363 , 372-73 (2000): A fundamental principle of the Constitution is that Congress has the power to preempt state law. 2009As the Supreme Court noted in Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council , 530 U.S. 363 , 372-73 (2000): A fundamental principle of the Constitution is that Congress has the power to preempt state law. | 4 | 2005–2010 |
Boston v. State
green
2 sentences2003Boston v. State, 330 Ark. 99 , 952 S.W.2d 671 (1997); Rush v. State, 324 Ark. 147 , 919 S.W.2d 933 (1996); Munson v. State, 331 Ark. 41 , 959 S.W.2d 391 (1998). 2003Boston v. State, 330 Ark. 99 , 952 S.W.2d 671 (1997); Rush v. State, 324 Ark. 147 , 919 S.W.2d 933 (1996); Munson v. State, 331 Ark. 41 , 959 S.W.2d 391 (1998). | 4 | 1998–2003 |
Booe v. Vinson
green
2 sentences1929In the recent case of Hurst v. Hilderbrandt, 178 Ark. 339 , 10 S. W. (2d) 491 , we said: “It is a fundamental rule of construction of both deeds and wills to ascertain the intention the grantor had in mind, as to the course he desired his property to take, from the language used in the instrument, and-to give effect to such intention, if it may be done without doing violence to the law.” We further said in the same case: “And it is also a rule that the law favors the early vesting of estates, and that, if a deed or a will is susceptible of a dual construction, by one of which the estate become 1929In the recent case of Hurst v. Hilderbrandt, 178 Ark. 339 , 10 S. W. (2d) 491 , we said: “It is a fundamental rule of construction of both deeds and wills to ascertain the intention the grantor had in mind, as to the course he desired his property to take, from the language used in the instrument, and-to give effect to such intention, if it may be done without doing violence to the law.” We further said in the same case: “And it is also a rule that the law favors the early vesting of estates, and that, if a deed or a will is susceptible of a dual construction, by one of which the estate become | 4 | 1928–1941 |
Eddie L. Pugh v. State of Arkansas
neutral
2 sentences2023Pugh v. State, 2019 Ark. 319, at 2 , 587 S.W.3d 198 , 200– 01. 2021Pugh v. State, 2019 Ark. 319 , 587 S.W.3d 198 . | 3 | 2020–2023 |
Brad Hunter Smith v. State of Arkansas
green
2 sentences2022In contrast, subdivision (a)(1)(A) does contain language stating that a nonhomicide offender is eligible for parole after twenty years, “including an instance in which multiple sentences are to be served concurrently or consecutively.” A fundamental principle of statutory construction is the maxim expressio unius est exclusio alterius, also known as the negative-implication canon, which means that “the express designation of one thing may properly be construed to mean the exclusion of another.” Smith v. State, 2020 Ark. 410, at 9 . 2022Smith v. State, 2020 Ark. 410 . | 3 | 2022–2022 |
Larimore v. State
green
2 sentences2015Sanders v. State, 374 Ark. 70 , 285 S.W.3d 630 (2008) (per curiam) (citing Larimore v. State, 327 Ark. 271 , 938 S.W.2d 818 (1997)). |sThe writ is allowed only under compelling circumstances to achieve justice and to address errors of the most fundamental nature. 2015Sanders v. State, 374 Ark. 70 , 285 S.W.3d 630 (2008) (per curiam) (citing Larimore v. State, 327 Ark. 271 , 938 S.W.2d 818 (1997)). |sThe writ is allowed only under compelling circumstances to achieve justice and to address errors of the most fundamental nature. | 3 | 2006–2015 |
Sanders v. State
green
2 sentences2015Sanders v. State, 374 Ark. 70 , 285 S.W.3d 630 (2008) (per curiam) (citing Larimore v. State, 327 Ark. 271 , 938 S.W.2d 818 (1997)). |sThe writ is allowed only under compelling circumstances to achieve justice and to address errors of the most fundamental nature. 2015Sanders v. State, 374 Ark. 70 , 285 S.W.3d 630 (2008) (per curiam) (citing Larimore v. State, 327 Ark. 271 , 938 S.W.2d 818 (1997)). |sThe writ is allowed only under compelling circumstances to achieve justice and to address errors of the most fundamental nature. | 3 | 2012–2015 |
| Anderson National Bank v. Luckett green | 3 | 1996–2010 |
| Gipson v. Maner green | 3 | 1994–2008 |
| Uilkie v. State green | 3 | 1997–2008 |
| Hurst v. Hilderbrandt green | 3 | 1929–1946 |
| McEachin v. Yarborough neutral | 3 | 1935–1942 |
| Arkansas Parole Board John Felts, Brett Morgan, Andy Shock, Boyce Hamlet, Wendy Ryals, Jerry Riley, and Lona McCastlain, in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Arkansas Parole Board, Arkansas Department of Corrections, Division of Correction And Dexter Payne, in His Official Capacity as Director v. Willis Johnson neutral | 2 | 2024–2024 |
| Melvin Jefferson v. State of Arkansas neutral | 2 | 2020–2022 |
| Shelly Buonauito, Mary Weeks, Verlon Abrams, and Sarah B. Thompson v. Keith Gibson, Tom Schueck, Robert S. Moore, Jr., Alec Farmer, and Philip Taldo, Members of the Arkansas State Highway Commission; Scott E. Bennett, Director, Arkansas Department of Transportation; Dennis Milligan, Treasurer of the State of Arkansas; Andrea Lea, Auditor of the State of Arkansas; Larry W. Walther, Director, Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration; And Asa Hutchinson, Governor of the State of Arkansas green | 2 | 2020–2021 |
| Miller v. State green | 2 | 2014–2020 |
| Swagger v. State yellow | 2 | 2014–2020 |
| State v. Rainer green | 2 | 2014–2020 |
| Wooten v. State green | 2 | 2019–2020 |
| Osburn v. State green | 2 | 2019–2020 |
| Sanabria v. United States green | 2 | 1997–2017 |
| Norris v. State green | 2 | 2013–2014 |
| Martin v. State green | 2 | 2013–2014 |
| Trout v. Arkansas Department of Human Services green | 2 | 2006–2014 |
| Collins v. State green | 2 | 2013–2014 |
| Edwards v. Arizona green | 2 | 2013–2014 |
| Travis v. State green | 2 | 2013–2014 |
| MacSteel Division of Quanex v. Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. green | 2 | 2009–2010 |
| Wicks v. State green | 2 | 1988–2008 |
| Hill v. State green | 2 | 1999–2008 |
| Knowlton v. Ward green | 2 | 1999–2008 |
| Ronning v. State green | 2 | 2008–2008 |
| State of Washington v. Thompson green | 2 | 2002–2007 |
| State v. Larimore green | 2 | 2003–2006 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.