TERRICK TERRELL NOONER

DOB: March 17, 1971
Race: African American
Gender: Male

County of conviction: Pulaski
Number of counts: 1
Race of victim:
Gender of victim: Male
Date of crime: March 16, 1993
Date of sentencing: September 28, 1993

Trial Counsel:

Lea Fowler
Herbert Wright, Jr.

Current proceedings:

Last judicial decision:

• Arkansas Supreme Court held that pro se petition for writ of mandamus was premature and that petitioner’s status had not changed since the March 1, 2007 petition in Nooner v. State, 2007 WL 10028796 (April 5, 2007) (unpublished).
   
• Arkansas Supreme Court held that pro se petition for writ of prohibition and for immediate execution of sentence was premature in Nooner v. State, 2007 WL 616023 (March 1, 2007) (unpublished).

Current counsel:

Dale Adams
221 W. 2nd, Suite 408
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501)-375-8770
dadams@mawplc.com

Reported Opinions:

• Arkansas Supreme Court held that pro se petition for writ of mandamus was premature and that petitioner’s status had not changed since the March 1, 2007 petition in Nooner v. State, 2007 WL 10028796 (April 5, 2007) (unpublished).
   
• Arkansas Supreme Court held that pro se petition for writ of prohibition and for immediate execution of sentence was premature in Nooner v. State, 2007 WL 616023 (March 1, 2007) (unpublished).
   
• Supreme Court held that petition for writ of mandamus and motion for execution of sentence without delay was premature in Nooner v. State, 2006 WL 1516411 (June. 1, 2006).
   
• Affirmance in Eighth Circuit of the district court's denial of habeas.  Nooner v. Norris, 402 F.3d 802 (2005), rehearing denied, 11/18/2005.
   
• Pro se motion to lift stay of execution denied as moot (since no stay was in effect). See Nooner v. State, 101 S.W.3d 834 (Ark. 2003).
   
• Sentence and conviction affirmed on direct appeal by Nooner v. State, 907 S.W.2d 677 (Ark. 1995), cert. denied, 517 U.S. 1143 (1996).
   
• Denial of post-conviction relief affirmed by Nooner v. State, 4 S.W.3d 497 (Ark. 1999).

Significant legal issues:

• trial counsel's failure to request a mental evaluation, given Mr. Nooner's history of treatment at Rivendale
   
• Witherspoon issue regarding an equivocating venireperson
   
• prosecutor's improper argument that Mr. Nooner had committed "another murder" as well as the one charged
   
• trial judge's decision to allow Mr. Nooner to represent himself, and the resulting absence of mitigating evidence presented at trial.
   
• ex post facto claim stemming from victim impact evidence admitted under statute enacted after the crime in question (i.e., state's aggravating circumstances constructively amended).

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