Fletcher v. State

hFrom an appellate-jurisdiction point of view, this case exemplifies the adage that ho good deed goes unpunished. Cory Fletcher appeals the Benton County Circuit Court order that denied his request to find the Arkansas implied-consent law unconstitutional. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the appeal from district court to circuit court was not timely made. That means this court, in turn, lacks jurisdiction to decide the merit of Fletcher’s appeal.

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In September 2012, Fletcher received a citation for DWI, broken windshield/obstruction, and refusal to submit to a chemical…