State v. Beall

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The defendant was charged in one information with four felony counts of controlled substance violations. He filed a pretrial motion to suppress all of the evidence seized from him at the time of his arrest. The trial court granted the motion. The State dismissed the charges and attempts to appeal the ruling as an interlocutory appeal. We dismiss the appeal.

The State has no right to appeal other than in those cases authorized by the Constitution of Arkansas and the Rules of Criminal Procedure. State v. Edwards, 310 Ark. 516, 838 S.W.2d 356 (1992). Appeals by the State…