Legal Opinion

State v. Griffin

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 2, 2017No. CR-16-704PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCourtney Hudson Goodson, Associate Justice

|, The State of Arkansas brings this interlocutory appeal from the Washington County Circuit Court’s order granting ap-pellee James Griffin, Jr.’s motion to suppress his statement to police. For reversal, the State argues that the circuit court erred in its interpretation of Arkansas Code Annotated section 9-27-317(g) (Repl. 2015). We reverse and remand.

On July 6, 2013, Griffin was arrested for robbing and assaulting a female in Fay-etteville, Arkansas. At the time of his arrest, Griffin was sixteen years old and in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS).. Griffin was…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Misskelley v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  2. MacKintrush v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
  3. Ring v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  4. State v. ColvinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2013
  5. Boyd v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  3. State of Arkansas v. Derek Jay Van VoastSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2022
  4. State v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2019
  5. State v. GriffinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2017

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