Wright v. City of Bearden

h Rayford Wright appeals the judgment entered by the Ouachita County Circuit Court on September 30, 2016. The judgment found that Wright had violated the City of Bearden’s Ordinance No. 115 and fined him $970 plus $25 court costs. The court further found that it could not rule on Wright’s argument that the ordinance was unconstitutional because he did not plead or raise it before the municipal court. 1 On appeal, Wright argues that Ordinance No. 115 “does not withstand constitutional law.” We hold that the circuit court clearly erred in finding that it could not rule on Wright’s…