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  "id": 5461337,
  "name": "Jim McDonald v. STATE of Arkansas",
  "name_abbreviation": "McDonald v. State",
  "decision_date": "2004-12-16",
  "docket_number": "CR 04-719",
  "first_page": "219",
  "last_page": "220",
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      "cite": "200 S.W.3d 443"
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ark.",
    "id": 8808,
    "name": "Arkansas Supreme Court"
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    "name_long": "Arkansas",
    "name": "Ark."
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Jim McDonald v. STATE of Arkansas"
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nAppellant\u2019s attorney, Lynn Lisk\u2019s, motion to to be relieved as counsel and to appoint substitute counsel is granted pursuant to Rule 16 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure \u2014 Criminal.\nAppellant, Jim McDonald, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction after pleading guilty to the charge of rape. Appellant was recognized as indigent by the trial court, and appellant\u2019s appeal to this court was filed in forma pauperis. Appellant\u2019s underlying appeal requested that the court review the propriety of appellant\u2019s sentence of life imprisonment. Appellant\u2019s attorney, Lynn Lisk, has been hired as the full-time Director and Professor of Paralegal Studies at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Also, appellant\u2019s attorney anticipates appellant will petition the court for Rule 37 relief, thereby creating a potential for a conflict of interest.\nRule 16 states in pertinent part that the appellate court has exclusive jurisdiction to relieve counsel and appoint new counsel in the \u201cinterest of justice or for other good cause.\u201d Accordingly, the court relieves attorney Lynn Lisk and appoints David Dunigan as attorney for appellant.",
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        "author": "Per Curiam."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "The Lisk Firm, by: Lynn Lisk, for petitioner.",
      "No response."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Jim McDonald v. STATE of Arkansas\nCR 04-719\n200 S.W.3d 443\nSupreme Court of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered December 16, 2004\nThe Lisk Firm, by: Lynn Lisk, for petitioner.\nNo response."
  },
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