Category Archives: Supreme Court

Johnson v. State overruled

Posted 1653 days ago by shaunhair

Overturning a previous ruling and rewriting (clarifying?) Rules 6.1 and 7.1 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Arkansas Supreme Court issued this per curiam order.

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Dismissal does not bar future prosecution

Posted 1653 days ago by shaunhair

The dismissal of a charge against a person does not bar future prosecution of the same offense, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In reversing an Arkansas Court of Appeals decision, the high court said a Boone County circuit judge …

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Supreme Court finds Private Company not subject to FOIA

Posted 1661 days ago by shaunhair

ANB has the story.  The following is just an excerpt: A private company doing business with the state is not subject to being sued to make its records of the deal public under the state Freedom of Information Act, the …

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Private company exempt from FOI law?

Posted 1667 days ago by shaunhair

A privately owned company should not have to make its records public, even though it was lead contractor on a high-dollar state project, said Jeffrey Moore, attorney for Nabholz Construction Co, Thursday before the state Supreme Court. “Up to this …

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Suppression Case upheld by AR Supreme Court

Posted 1669 days ago by shaunhair

In State of Arkansas v. Moreno, Defendant Moreno could speak Spanish but not read it. At the scene of the arrest, an officer translated an English Miranda warning card to the defendant. At the sheriff’s office in an interrogation room, …

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Arkansas Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Harrison

Posted 1670 days ago by shaunhair

The Arkansas Supreme Court will conduct oral argument at the John Paul Hammerschmidt Conference Center-North Arkansas College in Harrison, Arkansas on Thursday, November 1, 2007 beginning at 9:00 a.m. (The Court will go into informal session for a few minutes …

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