Bruce Earl Ward v. State of Arkansas — Wood, J., Concurring

Summary

Justice Wood concurred in denying Ward's motion to recall the mandate because the motion repeated an issue previously decided and relied on the possibility of a future change in federal law, neither of which supplied a cognizable basis for recall. She urged the court to entertain such motions more sparingly because its liberal practice undermines finality in criminal cases. Chief Justice Kemp, dissenting, would have granted the motion based on his view that Ward was denied constitutionally adequate mental-health assistance and that intervening law overcame the law-of-the-case bar.