Legal Opinion

State v. D.S.

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 9, 2011No. 10-360PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

liThe State brings this appeal challenging the authority of the circuit judge to dismiss the delinquency petition filed against appellee D.S. We treat the State’s appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari, and we grant the petition and issue a writ of certiorari to the circuit judge. We direct, on remand, that the order dismissing the case be vacated and that the charge against D.S. be reinstated.

On or about December 24, 2009, in Lowell, D.S. allegedly threatened imminent physical injury to his mother by yelling at her and kicking her and her car. D.S. was later…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Young v. SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  2. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2007
  3. State v. NicholsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2005
  4. State v. DawsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  5. State v. MurphySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Brown v. GibsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2012
  2. White v. PaloSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2011
  3. Standridge v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2014
  4. I.K. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2018
  5. Standridge v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2014

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