Kenneth Reams

Current Proceedings: State PCR pending (death sentence vacated, trial issues remanded and being heard in Jefferson County Circuit Court)

Case Number: 35CR-93-301A

Judge: Brown

Demographic Information: Black Male

Current Counsel: Jin Hee Lee (NAACP, NY), George Kendall (Squire Patton Boggs, NY), Corrine Irish (Squire Patton Boggs, NY), John Walker (AR), Christopher Kemmitt (NAACP, DC), Ajmel Quereshi (NAACP, DC), Danielle Gray (all as of 12/20/2018)

Legal Status: Reply brief of petitioner Reams filed 6/24/21.

Significant Legal Issues:

IAC, fair-cross-section violation
Intellectual disability
Ineffective assistance of trial counsel, fair-cross-section violation

Last Judicial Decision Related to Conviction or Sentence: Reams v. State, 560 S.W.3d 441 (Ark. 2018) (death sentence vacated, new trial ordered).

Reported Opinions:

Reams v. State, 560 S.W.3d 441 (2018), reh'g denied (12/20/2018).

Prior Counsel:

Conviction County: Jefferson

Counts:

Victim Demographic:

Crime Date: 05/05/1993

Sentencing Date: 12/16/1993

Trial Counsel: Maxie Gene Kizer

Trial Judge:

Trial Prosecutor: 2021 retrial - Kent Holt