Legal Opinion

Arms. v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 8, 2015No. CR-15-124PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJosephine Linker Hart, Justice

liA Polk County jury convicted Melissa McCann Arms of the. introduction of a controlled substance into the body of another person. She was sentenced to twenty years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal, Arms argues that the circuit court erred in (1) not granting her directed-verdict motion; (2) not granting her motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction when there was no evidence that she consumed or introduced, ingested or inhaled any controlled substance in the body of another while in Polk County; and (3) not granting her motion to dismiss based upon the injection being in…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Sweet v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2011
  2. Heikkila v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2003
  3. Bolin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2015
  4. Edwards v. CampbellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2010
  5. Pickle v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2015

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  3. Phillip Granville Pace v. Jill Coburn PaceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2020
  4. TARA KOLB v. STATE OF ARKANSASSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2021
  5. MO SHAY v. STATE OF ARKANSASSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2018

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