State v. Tien Ngoc Doan

Petitioner State of Arkansas requests rehearing on several grounds and seeks clarification of whether this court’s decision in State v. Tien, 326 Ark. 71, 929 S.W.2d 155 (1996) (Tien I), affirmed the trial court’s decision to suppress confessions or, alternatively, dismissed the State’s appeal. As the State points out, the difference between affirmance of the trial court’s order and dismissal of the State’s appeal in this context is important in that if our decision in Tien I affirmed the trial court’s suppression order “in its entirety,” this would bar further proceedings against respondents…