# American Civil Liberties Union v. State

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · December 2, 1999 · 339 Ark. 314

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7827035

## Case

- **Full name:** AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION of Arkansas v. STATE of Arkansas
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** December 2, 1999
- **Citations:** 339 Ark. 314; 5 S.W.3d 418; 1999 Ark. LEXIS 617
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Glaze
- **Judges:** Brown, Corbin, Glaze, Imber, Smith, Thornton
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

GLAZE, J. concurs, but disagrees with the majority opinJ. analysis of Franz v. State, 296 Ark. 181 , 754 S.W.2d 839 (1988), where it submits the Franz court disregarded ACLU’s lack of standing to reach the merits of the case because the case involved the death penalty. The Franz court was able to reach the merits because the defendant, Ronald Gene Simmons, appeared and made a formal response on the issues decided. See State v. Robbins, 339 Ark. 379 , 5 S.W.3d 51 (1999), Glaze,J. dissenting.
CORBIN and Smith, JJ., join in this concurrence.

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