Thompson v. City of Little Rock

George Howard, Jr., Justice.

This appeal presents the following question for resolution:

Whether the issuance of a uniform traffic ticket and complaint to a motorist by a police officer, immediately after the motorist is arrested for a traffic violation committed in the presence of the officer, constitutes commencement of prosecution of the alleged offense so as to toll the running of the one year statute of limitation applicable to misdemeanor charges?

THE FACTS

On June 19, 1973, at approximately 9:45 p.m., appellant, John T. Thompson, a resident of Little Rock, Arkansas, was issued a uniform…