Professor Sullivan’s Scholarship & Service

Millard, et al., v. Rankin, amicus curiae brief on behalf of National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws, No. 17-1333, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He argued in support of the District Court’s finding that the Colorado Sexual Offender Registration Act was unconstitutionally applied to the plaintiffs in a Section 1983 action … Professor Sullivan files Amicus Curiae brief in Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals case

May v. Ryan, amicus curiae brief on behalf of National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws, No. 17-15603, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (blank). He argued in support of the habeas court’s decision finding that the Arizona statute impermissibly imposed the burden to disprove criminal intent on the accused.

Sullivan, J. Thomas. “Overview of the Criminal Trial, Evidence, and Expert Testimony at Criminal Trials.” Department of Psychiatry Forensic Didactics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR (Aug. 22, 2018).

Sullivan’s article, Arkansas, Meet Tarasoff: The Question of Expanded Liability to Third Persons for Mental Health Professionals, 69 Arkansas Law Review 987-1053 (2017), was cited in Martin v. Smith, 2018 Ark. App. 452, at *4, n.1 (Harrison, J., dissenting).

J. Thomas Sullivan. “Expert Opinion in Capital Prosecutions in Arkansas.” UAMS Department of Psychiatry and Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Behavioral Health Services, Little Rock (April 25, 2018). Professor Sullivan lectured for the UAMS Department of Psychiatry Forensic Didactics program on the various issues arising in capital prosecutions on which expert forensic testimony … Professor Sullivan lectured to Forensic Fellows at Arkansas State Hospital

Sullivan, J. Thomas, Arkansas, Meet Tarasoff: The Question of Expanded Liability to Third Persons for Mental Health Professionals, 69 Ark. L. Rev. 987 (2017).

Devin White v. State of Arkansas, Rule 37.1 hearing on petition alleging ineffective assistance rendered by trial counsel, No. 2014-668, Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fourth Division (Order [granting new trial], December 17, 2017). Evidence at hearing on petition for post-conviction relief showed that trial counsel failed to interview co-defendant who testified that Defendant White was … Professor Sullivan won a new trial for an Arkansas inmate

Sullivan, J. Thomas, Not Fit for Trial: Due Process and Mentally-Incompetent Criminal Defendants, 39 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 155 (2017).

Sullivan, J. Thomas, For Coleen Miller Barger: A Note of Thanks and Best Wishes, 18 Journal of Appellate Practice and Process 1 (2017).

Sullivan, J. Thomas. “Mass Violence, Dangerous Patients, Confidentiality, and the Duty to Warn. “University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR (June 8, 2017).