Hagen v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

On March 25, 1992, appellant James Phillip Hagen battered Paula Milsap. On July 11, Milsap filled in the affiant’s part of a “City Attorney’s Form Affidavit” in which she swore that appellant beat her. The form was also signed by a deputy city attorney and,' in part, provides that appellant committed third degree battery, a misdemeanor, upon Mil-sap in violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 5-13-203 (1987). A municipal judge found that the recitations contained in the form demonstrated probable cause for the issuance of an arrest warrant. A warrant was issued, and appellant…