Barnes v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

These five driving while intoxicated cases have been consolidated for appeal. Either Trooper Mark Blankenship or Trooper Mark Hollingsworth was the arresting officer in these cases. The appellants made a motion to suppress evidence and for dismissal on the basis that the two arresting officers failed to comply with the Law Enforcement Standards Act, Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-9-101 to -404 (1987), because their files did not contain medical forms F-2 and F-2a. The Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (Commission) required these forms by regulation under the authority…