Category: Arkansas Court Opinions

DAVID CARROLL GOODWIN v. STATE OF ARKANSAS CR 99-1192 27 S.W.3d 397Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered September 28, 2000 1. Evidence — purpose of chain of custody. — The purpose of establishing a chain of custody is to prevent the introduction of evidence that has been tampered with or is not authentic; the State […]

Mrs. Doris McCASTLAIN, Comm. v. R. B. TOBACCO CO. No. 5-4140 411 S.W.2d 882Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered March 6, 1967 1. STATUTES — REGULATIONS GOVERNING LICENSING OF CIGARETTE DEALERS — CONSTRUCTION OPERATION. — Rules and regulations issued by State Revenue Commissioner under provisions of Ark. Stat. Ann. 84-2325 for the administration of the […]

Harry G. ROBINSON, Jr., and Miriam Robinson v. Heather Renee ROBINSON 95-763 914 S.W.2d 292Supreme Court of Arkansas. Opinion delivered January 29, 1996 1. TORTS — PARENTAL-IMMUNITY DOCTRINE — DOCTRINE APPLICABLE WHERE APPELLANT WAS UNEMANCIPATED MINOR AT TIME OF ALLEGED TORT. — A willful tort committed by a parent against his child is beyond the […]

Christopher SANDERS v. STATE of Arkansas 96-484 932 S.W.2d 315Supreme Court of Arkansas. Opinion delivered October 28, 1996 1. JUVENILES — MOTION TO TRANSFER TO JUVENILE COURT — BURDEN OF PROOF AND EVIDENCE REQUIRED. — The law regarding motions to transfer to juvenile court is well established; a defendant seeking a transfer has the burden […]

PERDUE v. ROYSE. No. 4-8722 219 S.W.2d 434Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered April 11, 1949. 1. APPEAL AND ERROR — INSUFFICIENCY OF ABSTRACT. — Since appellant’s abstract contains only the two instructions given by the court which appellant thought to be erroneous and it cannot, without search of the transcript, be known whether the […]

C. R. BOUNDS et ux v. TRAVELERS INS. CO. No. 5-4237 416 S.W.2d 298Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered June 5, 1967 [Rehearing denied July 26, 1967.] 1. JUDGMENT — MATTERS CONCLUDED — CONCLUSIVENESS OF ADJUDICATION. — Where in a prior suit service station operator was held to be a bailee rather than agent or […]

Willie COLLINS, Appellant v. LENNOX INDUSTRIES, INC.; American Motorist Insurance Co., Appellee CA 01-1109 75 S.W.3d 204Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division IV. Opinion Delivered May 8, 2002 1. Workers’ compensation — standard of review — substantial evidence defined. — On appeal, the appellate court views the evidence and all reasonable inferences deducible therefrom in […]

Odis Donell THOMAS v. STATE of Arkansas No. CR 85-195. 709 S.W.2d 83Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered May 19, 1986 1. JURORS — RANDOM SELECTION OF PROSPECTIVE JURORS FROM LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS — NO INTENTIONAL EXCLUSION OF BLACKS FROM JURY PANELS. — Ark. Stat. Ann. 39-205.1 (Supp. 1985) provides for the random selection […]

OLIVER v. FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. No. 4-4822 114 S.W.2d 1071Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered March 14, 1938. 1. EVIDENCE — ALTERATION OF BOND. — Testimony of principal on bond, and of witness who prepared it and saw it delivered, that printed words “Five Hundred” had been erased and “One Thousand” substituted” […]

JAMES WESLEY BILYEU v. STATE OF ARKANSAS CR 98-1480 27 S.W.3d 400Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered October 5, 2000 1. Appeal error — effective notice of appeal — always issue. — Whether appellant filed an effective notice of appeal is always an issue before the appellate court; absent an effective notice of appeal, the […]