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July 21, 2006
ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT
No. CR 06-669
MICHAEL TODD DAVIS
Appellant
v.
STATE OF ARKANSAS
Appellee
Opinion Delivered July 19, 2006
MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS
COUNSEL ON DIRECT APPEAL
[CIRCUIT COURT OF CRAWFORD
COUNTY, CR 2005-145 II, HON.
MICHAEL MEDLOCK, JUDGE]
MOTION GRANTED
PER CURIAM
Michael Todd Davis was found guilty of murder in the first degree and kidnapping and
sentenced to consecutive terms of life and forty years’ imprisonment. The appeal from the judgment
has been lodged in this court. Appellant Davis is represented on appeal by Thurman Ragar, Jr.,
Deputy Public Defender. Mr. Ragar now asks that he be permitted to withdraw as counsel on the
ground that he is ineligible for compensation for services as appellate counsel.
Act 1370 of 2001, codified as Ark.Code Ann. § 19-4-1604(b)(2)(B) (Supp.2001), provides
that persons employed as full-time public defenders who are not provided a state-funded secretary
are eligible to seek compensation for appellate work. Counsel here affirms that he is a full-time
public defender with a full-time, state-funded secretary. Under these circumstances, he is not entitled
to be paid for services in this appeal and his request to be relieved is well founded.
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July 21, 2006
We grant Mr. Ragar's motion to withdraw and appoint attorney William O. James, Jr. to
represent appellant. Our clerk is directed to set a new briefing schedule for the appeal.
Motion granted.