ADAMS v. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV.

No. 08-806.

291 S.W.3d 172 (2009)

Rufus Homer ADAMS, Appellant, v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Val P. Price, Jonesboro, for appellant.

Gray Allen Turner, Office of Chief Counsel, Little Rock, for appellee.


PAUL E. DANIELSON, Justice.

The instant case is a no-merit appeal from an order of long-term protective custody filed by counsel for appellant Rufus Homer Adams. The order awarded long-term custody of Mr. Adams to appellee Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services (DHS). Mr. Adams's brief presents this court with an issue of first impression, that is, whether a court-appointed attorney for an alleged endangered, indigent adult can file an Anders no-merit...

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