Category: Arkansas Court Opinions

PERKINS v. STATE. 34 S.W.2d 746Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered January 26, 1931. 1. LARCENY — CATTLE DEFINED. — The word “cattle” in Crawford Moses’ Dig., 2490, defining the crime of marking, stealing or killing cattle, pigs, hogs, sheep or goats, means animals of the bovine species. 2. LARCENY — SUFFICIENCY OF INDICTMENT FOR […]

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, THOMPSON, TRUSTEE, v. FURQUERON. No. 4-7887 196 S.W.2d 588Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered October 7, 1946. DEEDS — CONSTRUCTION. — The language in a deed executed to appellees reserving “all coal and mineral deposits in and upon said land” is insufficient to reserve the oil and gas in and under […]

Kevin McKENZIE a/k/a Keith Barrett v. STATE of Arkansas CR 03-775 146 S.W.3d 892Supreme Court of Arkansas. Opinion delivered February 12, 2004 APPEAL ERROR — COUNSEL DENIED THAT HE SHOULD BE HELD IN CONTEMPT — SPECIAL MASTER APPOINTED. — Where counsel for appellant, in appearing at the show cause hearing, denied that he should be […]

STATE EX REL. ARK. PUBLICITY PARKS COMM. v. WOODWARD No. 5-1479 310 S.W.2d 803Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered March 10, 1958. APPEAL ERROR — APPEALABLE DECISION — DEMURRER, ORDER OVERRULING. — Order overruling demurrer held not a final decision from which an appeal would be. Appeal from Washington Chancery Court; Thomas F. Butt, Chancellor, […]

167 S.W.3d 162 Charles D. VINSON III v. David W. RITTER, M.D CA 03-760Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division IV. Opinion delivered May 12, 2004 1. CIVIL PROCEDURE — SERVICE — NECESSARY TO GIVE COURT JURISDICTION OVER DEFENDANT. — Service of valid process is necessary to give a court jurisdiction over a defendant. 2. CIVIL […]

ROBERTS v. STATE No. 4682 247 S.W.2d 360Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered March 24, 1952. Rehearing denied April 21, 1952. 1. CRIMINAL LAW — POSSESSION OF UNTAXED LIQUOR. — Where the defendant, about a week before liquor was found in circumstances where possession could be inferred, admitted to an investigator that he had intoxicants […]

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. JONES. 31 S.W.2d 524Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered October 13, 1930. 1. RAILROADS — KILLING OF DOG — CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE. — Contributory negligence of person having charge of a dog held a question for the jury in an action for killing a dog by the operation of a railroad […]

YOUNG v. STATE. 2 S.W.2d 14Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered February 6, 1928. 1. CRIMINAL LAW — FORMER ACQUITTAL. — A former acquittal of seduction will not preclude a trial for the killing of an unborn quick child, though the woman involved in each case was the same and the same general testimony might […]

EDDIE RUSH v. STATE OF ARKANSAS No. 5726 481 S.W.2d 696Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered June 12, 1972 [Rehearing denied July 17, 1972.] CRIMINAL LAW — EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES — HARMLESS ERROR. — Any error in failing to provide defense counsel with the statement made by the prosecuting witness to police, as required by […]

HOOD v. STATE No. 5-3054 372 S.W.2d 588Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered December 2, 1963. 1. BAIL — APPEARANCE BONDS — NATURE OF JUDGMENT. — Judgment on a forfeited bail bond after trial by jury held to be a criminal proceeding in view of the origin of the case having been a criminal proceeding […]

Robert Wayne GRADY, Appellant v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee CR 01-1061 75 S.W.3d 707Supreme Court of Arkansas. Opinion Delivered May 23, 2002 Contempt — counsel’s guilty plea for failing to file his client’s brief prior to final extension date accepted — contempt order issued. — Where appellant’s counsel failed to timely file his brief on […]

Marilyn SCOTT v. STATE of Arkansas No. CA CR 80-95. 614 S.W.2d 239Court of Appeals of Arkansas Opinion delivered April 22, 1981 1. APPEAL ERROR — CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES DETERMINED BY TRIER OF FACT — SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TEST. — The credibility of witnesses is determined by the court as trier of fact and the appellate […]