Halpaine v. State

JIM GUNTER, Justice.

| TAppellant Jonathan Halpaine brings this interlocutory appeal from an order of the Saline County Circuit Court denying his motion to dismiss the charge of criminal nonsupport. He maintains that allowing the State to proceed on the charge violates his right to be free from double jeopardy as protected by the United States and Arkansas Constitutions. A double-jeopardy claim may be raised by interlocutory appeal because, if a defendant is illegally tried a second time, the right would have been forfeited. Williams v. State, 371 Ark. 550, 268 S.W.3d 868 (2007). We affirm.

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