Ark. top court refuses to reconsider order that state commission fund accused killer’s defense
By APFriday, June 25, 2010
Ark. commission must fund accused killer’s defense
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected a request that it reconsider its order that a state commission fund the defense of a man charged with killing a soldier.
The ruling Thursday comes five weeks after the Supreme Court ordered the Arkansas Public Defender Commission to pay for Abdulhakim (ahb-DOOL hah-KEEM) Muhammad’s attorney.
Muhammad faces capital murder and other charges in the June 2009 shooting death of Pvt. William Long and the wounding of another soldier outside a recruiting center in Little Rock.
He told The Associated Press last year that he believes the shootings were justified because of U.S. military action in the Middle East.
Information from: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, www.arkansasonline.com
