K.S. v. State

DONALD L. Corbin, Justice.

Appellant K.S., a minor, appeals the order of the Faulkner County Chancery Court, Juvenile Division, convicting her of a misdemeanor count of shoplifting and imposing a suspended sentence and twelve months’ probation. For reversal, Appellant argues that the trial court erred in refusing to dismiss the charge against her because she had been subjected to multiple punishments for the same offense, in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause. This case was transferred to us from the Arkansas Court of Appeals as involving an issue of first impression; hence, our…