Ferguson v. State

b Jacqueline Ferguson was convicted in a Lonoke County jury trial of second-degree domestic battery, for which she was sentenced to five years in the Arkansas Department of Correction with an additional one-year enhanced penalty for committing the offense in the presence of a child. On appeal, Ferguson argues that the circuit judge abused her discretion when she denied her motion asking the circuit judge to recuse and when she denied her waiver of a jury trial. We reverse and remand.

Our jurisdiction is pursuant to Arkansas Supreme Court Rule l-2(e) (2015), as we granted a petition for review…