State v. Williams

W H. "DUB" ARNOLD, Chief Justice.

Justice. This is appeal from the dismissal, based upon double jeopardy, of a state theft charge under Ark. Code Ann. § 5-36-103 (a) against appellee, Wendi Carol Williams. The State maintains this Court has jurisdiction pursuant to Ark. R. App. P.&emdash;Crim. 3 to entertain this appeal. We disagree and dismiss the appeal.

The circuit court dismissed the appellee’s state theft charge under Ark. Code Ann. § 5-1-114(1) (Repl. 1997) because the appellee had pled guilty to federal bank fraud based on the same conduct. The circuit court found that the two crimes did…