Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Status: Precedential. Governor Homer Adkins, who controlled a powerful political machine, encouraged him to make the race, and Holt believed he had Adkinss critical support. Jack is survived by the love of his life, Vicki Lynn Holt and their children Jackie (Hays) Lemley of Van Buren, Keith (Halli) Holt of Greenwood, and Angela (Floyd) Fisher of Greenwood. Find company research, competitor information, contact details & financial data for Jack Holt Enterprises Inc of Harrison, AR. After leaving the court, he campaigned for a successful constitutional amendment in 2000 that reformed and reorganized the Arkansas judicial system, including a requirement that elections to all the trial and appellate courts be nonpartisan. Encyclopedia of Arkansas You have chosen this person to be their own family member. [CDATA[ . The Attorney General represents state agencies and commissions in courts of law, giving opinions on issues presented by legislators and prosecutors, handling criminal matters and habeas corpus matters in the state, and advocating for citizens on issues pertaining to the environment, antitrust, and consumer protection. If you can, provide 1-2 sources of information backing up this correction. In 1969, Holt and Phillip Kaplan, a Little Rock civil rights lawyer, received telephone calls from U.S. District Judge J. Smith Henley, a Holt family friend from Boone County, asking them to investigate prison conditions and to represent inmates at the state penitentiary who were filing petitions asking the court for relief from prison conditions. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. He successfully defended people accused of murder in two highly publicized casesSusan McMillian, who was accused of poisoning her doctor husband, and William McArthur, a prominent Little Rock defense lawyer who was arrested by Sheriff Tommy Robinson in 1983 for the murder of McArthurs wife. Portrait of Jack Wilson Holt Jr., former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. Jack Holt in Arkansas 36 people named Jack Holt found in Little Rock-North Little Rock, Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers and 5 other cities. Arkansas; Little Rock; Jack Wilson Holt Jr; Jack Wilson Holt Jr, Age 93. aka W Holt, Judge Jack Holt, Jack J Holt, Chief J Holt. Holt and McMath collided one more time, in 1952, when McMath ran for a third term. If you can, provide 1-2 sources of information backing up this correction. ,