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Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports

Decided September 22, 1993Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Bill Strait, Prosecuting Attorney, Fifteenth Judicial District 108 North 2nd Street, P.O. Box 460 Dardanelle, Arkansas 72834

Dear Mr. Strait:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following questions regarding constables:

1. Is the Municipal Court for Logan County, which has county wide jurisdiction, obligated to account for all citations, arrests, and fine monies initiated by arrests made by locally elected constables?

2. Is the prosecuting attorney for the county and/or city attorney obligated to prosecute citations and arrests made by the locally elected…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Ex parte SimpsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984

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