Byrd v. State

879 S.W.2d 435 (1994)

317 Ark. 609

Michael Wayne BYRD, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 94-167.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 18, 1994.

Doug Norwood, Rogers, for appellant.

Winston Bryant, Atty. Gen. by Vada Berger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

BROWN, Justice.

Appellant Michael Wayne Byrd contends that Act 592 of 1993, now codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 16-32-202 et seq. (Repl.1994), violates the Arkansas Constitution because it permits a trial court to empanel a six-person jury for misdemeanor offenses. We agree with Byrd that Act 592 does violate Article 2, § 7, of the…