Wickham v. State

DONALD L. CORBIN, Justice.

|, Appellant Larry Franklin Wickham appeals an order of the Marion County Circuit Court ordering him to pay $6,706.22 to Marion County pursuant to its “pay for stay” ordinance, enacted as Marion County Ordinance No.2005-15, as the ordinance conflicts with Ark.Code Ann. § 12-41-505 (Supp.2007), the statutory provision that allows counties to recoup certain expenses. This case was certified to us by the Arkansas Court of Appeals as involving a question of statutory interpretation; hence, our jurisdiction is pursuant to Ark. Sup.Ct. R. 1 — 2(b)(6). We affirm the instant…