RUSSELL v. PAYNE

No. CV-20-344.

2020 Ark. 377

ROY RUSSELL, SR, Appellant, v. DEXTER PAYNE, DIRECTOR, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered: November 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Russell, Sr., pro se appellant.

Leslie Rutledge, Att'y Gen., by: Rebecca Kane, Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.


Roy Russell, Sr. appeals the denial of his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus. Russell challenges a chief justice's authority to appoint a special judge as a jurisdictional barrier to his conviction. We find no error and affirm.

I. Background

In 2013, two days before Russell's scheduled...

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