Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports

Decided August 6, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Larry Jegley, Prosecuting Attorney 6th Judicial District 122 South Broadway Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Dear Mr. Jegley:

This official Attorney General opinion is rendered in response to your recent questions regarding Act 1197 of 1997, and that Act's impact upon the conclusions reached in certain previous Attorney General opinions.

In 1995, this office issued Opinions Nos. 95-223 and 95-259, in which I reached various conclusions regarding the sentencing of habitual offenders. The particular conclusions in those opinions that are pertinent to your questions are the following:

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2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1982
  3. Bolden v. WattSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  4. Arnold v. KempSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
  5. Forrest City MacHine Works, Inc. v. Aderhold Ex Rel. Cross County BankSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981

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