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Arkansas Supreme Court
Arkansas Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Constitutional Review
Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice Shawn A. Womack wrote a concurring opinion in *Frank Wheeler v. State of Arkansas*, clarifying that the court's Evans precedent does not require entertaining all unpreserved constitutional claims in criminal appeals. The opinion addresses concerns that a dissent's interpretation would have expanded constitutional review beyond appropriate limits.
•Justice Womack rejected interpretation that Evans precedent requires review of all unpreserved constitutional claims in criminal appeals
•Evans case involved extraordinary circumstances with full adversarial development and structural constitutional problems affecting all local ballot initiatives
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