Hinton v. State

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2017 Ark. 107

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-16-720 KENNETH HINTON Opinion Delivered March 30, 2017 APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE LINCOLN V. COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. 40CR-13-13] STATE OF ARKANSAS HONORABLE JODI RAINES APPELLEE DENNIS, JUDGE AFFIRMED. KAREN R. BAKER, Associate Justice On June 7, 2013, appellant, Kenneth Hinton, was charged with one count of battery in the first degree and one count of battery in the second degree. The charges stem from a disturbance at the Varner Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction (hereinafter “ADC”) on October 28, 2012, in which Hinton and…