Court date set for man charged in firefighter's death
Officers with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office arrested Mark Eugene Pruitt, 47, on Friday in the death of Jason Adams, 29. Authorities said Adams, a firefighter with the East Pulaski Volunteer Fire...
View Article2012 ruling on juveniles retroactive
In a 6-3 decision, the court said its 2012 ruling in Miller v. Alabama means that prisoners already serving mandatory life sentences for crimes committed when they were under 18 must be given new...
View ArticleArkansas County Northern District Court-Stuttgart issues fines, sentences
Dec. 15 DocketJamie Gossom, 33, 2014 fine review was dismissed.Charles Wages, 64, 2014 fine review was dismissed.Alondia F. McClellan, 23, assessed and paid $190 on a speeding charge in 2014.Lloyd A....
View ArticleJudge OKs expanding lawsuit over defunding Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood and three female patients sued the state after the Republican governor said in August he was ending the state’s contract with the organization. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker...
View ArticleCourt overturns man's rape conviction
In a 5-1 decision, a six-judge panel of the appellate court ordered a new trial for Ramon Perez, who was convicted in Lonoke County Circuit Court of three counts of rape, one count of aggravated...
View ArticleFormer Arvest Bank official gets 8-year sentence
At a hearing in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville, Judge P.K. Holmes III also ordered Smiley to pay $4.9 million in restitution. Smiley’s prison term will be followed by two years of supervised release
View ArticleBoard strikes 'unborn child' language from Arkansas rules
In a 12-6 vote Thursday, the panel decided that regulations governing abortion facilities should continue to use the phrase "termination of the pregnancy" to define abortion, but the change must be...
View Article3 teens charged as adults in death of student in Fort Smith
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that one 15-year-old boy and two 16-year-old boys are charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and two counts of aggravated robbery in the Saturday shooting...
View ArticleFayetteville man sentenced to 12 years for trafficking teen
Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas Kenneth Elser announced Thursday that 23-year-old Gregory Gibson was sentenced in federal court for sex trafficking children. Gibson was also...
View ArticleMarriages, divorces filed in Stuttgart in January
MarriagesDustin Wayne McCarty, of Crocketts Bluff, to Sarah B Guill, of Crocketts Bluff Radek Sanak, of Stuttgart, to Jennifer Lynn Alexander, of Searcy Jonathan Bret Watson, of Stuttgart, to Melanie...
View ArticleCourt: Bad closing arguments not cause to re-sentence condemned killer
The state’s top court overturned the circuit judge’s ruling granting a new hearing for Brandon Lacy, 37, who was convicted of capital murder and aggravated robbery and sentenced to die for the 2007...
View ArticleMilligan fined $400 for omissions in campaign finance reports
Milligan signed a settlement agreement Wednesday to resolve a complaint filed with the state Ethics Commission by Little Rock lawyer Matt Campbell. The settlement agreement states that the commission...
View ArticleCourt: Lawyer whiffing at trial doesn't warrant new hearing
The court reversed a Benton County judge's order for a new sentencing hearing, remanded the case back to the lower court and asked that court to use a more objective test for whether attorney Steve...
View ArticleMunicipal Court Northern District-Stuttgart issues fines, sentences
Dec. 17 DocketBrandy Dismuke, 27, 2015 hot check charge was dismissed.Brandy Dismuke, 27, 2015 hot check charge was dismissed.Brandy Dismuke, 27, 2015 hot check charge was dismissed.Brandy Dismuke, 27,...
View ArticleJohnny Cash lyrics cited in court case over cash-only bond
In a 5-2 decision, the court rejected Ramon Trujillo’s argument that a Benton County circuit judge improperly set a $300,000 cash-only bond after Trujillo was arrested for violating a no-contact order...
View ArticleArkansas man to appeal verdict in real estate agent's death
Arron Lewis was found guilty and sentenced to life without parole in the slaying of Beverly Carter after a four-day jury trial in January.
View ArticleDisciplinary panel recommends suspension
The panel will submit to the Supreme Court on Wednesday its recommendation that Judge Wade Naramore be suspended with pay until all criminal and disciplinary proceedings against him have been resolved,...
View ArticleArkansas County Municipal Court Northern District-Stuttgart hands out fines,...
Jan. 12 DocketCristy Steadmon, 36, assessed and paid $220 on a driving on a suspended or revoked driver’s license charge in 2014.Sierra Alexus Brewer, 22, assessed and paid $245 on a failure to appear...
View ArticleDeer-beating trial set
Charges were filed against three Georgia men, and a warning issued to an Arkansas woman, in connection with a video showing a deer being beaten with a textbook earlier this year.
View ArticleSweatpants ban sags in Arkansas Legislature
The Arkansas Legislative Council, which meets when the Legislature isn't in session, rejected the proposal by Republican Sen. Jimmy Hickey of Texarkana to require its members to wear "business casual"...
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