State v. Kimbrough

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

The State appeals this criminal case, as it may by virtue of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-2720 (Repl. 1977), conceding that the appellees may not be retried on the charges. See State v. Stringfellow, 253 Ark. 390, 486 S.W. 2d 65 (1972).

Herbert Kimbrough and Phillip Bryant were convicted in the Little Rock Municipal Court of disrupting and disturbing the lawful assembly of the Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2908 (Repl. 1977). Each was fined $50.00 and appealed to the circuit court.

During the circuit court trial, before the State…