Weaver v. State

BRADLEY D. Jesson.

The appellant, Rochelle Weaver, was convicted of drinking in public, Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-212(c) (Repl. 1993), sentenced to thirty days in jail, and ordered to pay a $100.00 fine. The jail sentence and all but twenty-five dollars of the fine were suspended for one year. Appellant essentially claims that the trial court should have dismissed her case because she was not drinking in a “public place” within the meaning of the drinking-in-public statute. We agree with her argument and reverse and dismiss. In so holding, it is unnecessary for us to reach appellant’s remaining…