Case Title: Noel v. Norris

Citation: 

Docket Number: CR03-76-2

State: arkansas

Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

Date: 2003-07-03T00:00:00Z

Document:
8 July 2003 CR03-762 120 S.W.3d 599 RILEY DOBI NOEL, PETITIONER VS. LARRY NORRIS, DIRECTOR OF ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, RESPONDENT Ray Thornton, Justice, dissenting. I would grant the petition for stay of execution to allow the determination of whether petitioner, Riley Noel, may legally be executed in light of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Atkins v. Virginia, 356 U.S. 304 (2002), and the application of Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-618 (b) (Repl. 1997), which states: "No defendant with mental retardation at the time of committing capital murder shall be sentenced to death." Arnold, C.J., and Imber, J., join.