DAVIS v. HOBBS

10-351.

2010 Ark. 168

Don William DAVIS, Petitioner, v. Ray HOBBS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Respondent,

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered April 12, 2010.


ROBERT L. BROWN, Associate Justice.

I would stay the execution of Don W. Davis that is scheduled for today, for the following reasons. The stay will allow the pending claim in Pulaski County Circuit Court that the new Method of Execution Act (Act 1296 of 2009) violates the separation-of-powers clause of the Arkansas Constitution to be resolved.1 The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the stay of Davis's execution on April 9, 2010,...

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