State of Ark. Sex Offender Risk Assessment Comm. v. Wallace

2014 Ark. App. 18

• Court: Court of Appeals of Arkansas
• Decided: January 8, 2014
• Docket: CV-13-297
• Status: Published

Opinion

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ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISIONS I & IV No. CV-13-297

Opinion Delivered January 8, 2014 STATE OF ARKANSAS SEX OFFENDER RISK ASSESSMENT APPEAL FROM THE GARLAND COMMITTEE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT APPELLANT [NO. CV-11-58-1]

V. HONORABLE JOHN HOMER WRIGHT, JUDGE

MICHAEL G. WALLACE SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION ON APPELLEE DENIAL OF REHEARING

KENNETH S. HIXSON, Judge

In his petition for rehearing, appellee Michael G. Wallace contends that our opinion

in State of Arkansas Sex Offender Risk Assessment Committee v. Wallace, 2013 Ark. App. 654,

contains errors of law or fact requiring rehearing. In that opinion, we affirmed the agency’s

decision to assess Wallace at a Level 2 notification to the public, reversing the circuit court’s

order setting the public notification at Level 1.

We deny Wallace’s petition for rehearing to the extent that Wallace reargues

the substantiality of evidence to support the agency decision, which we have heretofore

considered and rejected. This is not a valid basis to support rehearing, as stated in Ark. Sup.

Ct. R. 2-3(g) (2013).

Wallace’s petition for rehearing also contends that we ignored and failed to address

whether the agency decision was “arbitrary and capricious.” We deny Wallace’s petition on Cite as 2014 Ark. App. 18

this basis as well, although we provide this supplemental opinion upon denial of Wallace’s

petition to clarify our holding. See Huth v. Div. of Soc. Servs. of Dep’t of Human Servs., 287

Ark. 294, 700 S.W.2d 367 (1985). In short, we need not decide whether the agency’s action

was arbitrary and capricious because it automatically follows that where substantial evidence

is found, a decision cannot be classified as unreasonable or arbitrary. See Wright v. Ark. State

Plant Bd., 311 Ark. 125, 842 S.W.2d 42 (1992); Capitol Zoning Dist. Comm’n v. Cowan, 2012

Ark. App. 619, S.W.3d ; Lamar Co. v. Ark. State Highway & Transp. Dep’t, 2011 Ark.

App. 695, 386 S.W.3d 670.

Petition for rehearing denied.

WALMSLEY, HARRISON, GRUBER, WHITEAKER, and BROWN, JJ., agree.

Dustin McDaniel, Att’y Gen., by: Amy L. Ford, Ass’t Att’y Gen., for appellant.

Hurst, Morrissey & Hurst, PLLC, by: Q. Byrum Hurst, Jr., for appellee.