FRANZ v. STATE

No. CR 88-76.

751 S.W.2d 355 (1988)

296 Ark. 111

Rev. Louis J. FRANZ, Individually and as Next Friend of Ronald Gene Simmons, Petitioner, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Cambiano, Morrillton, for petitioner.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The execution of the sentence of Ronald Gene Simmons, Sr. to death is temporarily stayed.

The parties and the petitioner are directed to file contemporaneous briefs by June 27, 1988.

The questions to be briefed are: the standing of the petitioner, whether this court should have mandatory review of death cases, or, if there is no mandatory review, whether a decision to waive appeal in a death case should be reviewed by us, and, if so, whether...

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