This act shall be known as the “Arkansas Criminal Code”.
History.
Acts 1975, No. 280, § 101; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-101.
A.C.R.C. Notes.
For application of the Arkansas Criminal Code to a prosecution for an offense defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code, see § 5-1-103(b).
Meaning of “Arkansas Criminal Code”.
Acts 1975, No. 280, as amended by Acts 1977, No. 360, codified as §§ 5-1-101 — 5-1-115, 5-1-116 [repealed], 5-2-201 — 5-2-209, 5-2-301 — 5-2-313, former 5-2-314, former 5-2-315, 5-2-316, 5-2-401 — 5-2-406, 5-2-501 — 5-2-503, 5-2-601 — 5-2-614, 5-3-101 — 5-3-103, 5-3-201 — 5-3-204, 5-3-301, 5-3-302, 5-3-401 — 5-3-407, 5-4-101 — 5-4-104, 5-4-201, 5-4-202, 5-4-203 [repealed], 5-4-204, 5-4-301 — 5-4-307, 5-4-308 — 5-4-311 [repealed], 5-4-401 — 5-4-404, 5-4-501 — 5-4-504, 5-4-505 [repealed], 5-4-601 — 5-4-608, 5-5-101, 5-5-102, 5-10-101 — 5-10-105, 5-11-101 — 5-11-106, 5-12-101 — 5-12-103, 5-13-201 — 5-13-208, 5-13-301, 5-14-101 — 5-14-103, 5-14-104 — 5-14-109 [repealed], 5-14-110 — 5-14-112, 5-25-101, 5-26-201 — 5-26-203, 5-26-401, 5-27-201, 5-27-202, 5-27-205, 5-27-206, 5-27-209, 5-36-101 — 5-36-108, 5-37-101, 5-37-201 — 5-37-214, 5-38-101, 5-38-202 — 5-38-205, 5-38-301 — 5-38-303, 5-39-101, 5-39-201 — 5-39-203, 5-52-101, 5-52-102 [repealed], 5-52-103 [repealed], 5-52-104 — 5-52-107, 5-53-101 — 5-53-116, 5-54-101 — 5-54-113, 5-54-114 [repealed], 5-54-115 — 5-54-121, 5-60-101, 5-62-101 [repealed], 5-62-122, 5-70-101 — 5-70-106, 5-71-101, 5-71-201 — 5-71-215, 5-71-216 [repealed], 5-73-101 — 5-73-110, 12-29-109.
Case Notes
Cited:
Johnson v. State, 261 Ark. 714, 551 S.W.2d 203 (1977); Campbell v. State, 265 Ark. 77, 576 S.W.2d 938 (1979); Patrick v. State, 265 Ark. 334, 576 S.W.2d 191 (1979); Woodard v. Sargent, 806 F.2d 153 (8th Cir. 1986); Cummings v. State, 353 Ark. 618, 110 S.W.3d 272 (2003); Stivers v. State, 354 Ark. 140, 118 S.W.3d 558 (2003).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
10
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1991–2021 · leading case:
Williams v. State, 217 S.W.3d 817 (Ark. 2005).
Williams v. State, 217 S.W.3d 817 (Ark. 2005).
· cites it 4× “1997) provides that the Arkansas Criminal Code governs prosecution of "any offense defined by the code.”
Stivers v. State, 118 S.W.3d 558 (Ark. 2003).
· cites it 3× “) See Ark. Code Ann. § 5-1-101 (Repl. 1997). As already stated above, the offense for which Stivers wás convicted appears in the volume of the Arkansas Code titled “Transportation,” and therefore it is an offense that is “defined by a statute not a part of [the Arkansas…”
Cummings v. State, 110 S.W.3d 272 (Ark. 2003).
· cites it 2× “The court explained Ark. Code Ann. § 5-1-101 as follows: Perhaps the best example of the way the statute is intended to work is in the case where a prosecutor is entitled to go to the jury and ask for conviction on the greater or the lesser offense, and the jury might find a…”
M.M. v. State, 88 S.W.3d 406 (Ark. 2002).
· cites it 2× “State, this court noted that Arkansas has “two distinct systems that are governed by two separate acts: (1) the Arkansas Criminal Code, Ark. Code Ann. §§ 5-1-101 to 5-77-301 (Repl.”
Finn v. State, 819 S.W.2d 25 (Ark. Ct. App. 1991).
· cites it 2× “” See Ark. Code Ann. § 5-1-101 (1987). It provided that the provisions of the Code “shall govern the prosecution for any offense defined by the Code and committed after January 1, 1976.”
Arkansas Dep't of Human Servs. v. Arabia Jackson, 2021 Ark. App. 464 (Ark. Ct. App. 2021).
“Subsections (37)(B)(ii)–(iv) provide: (ii) For the purposes of this subdivision (37)(B), “illegal substance” means a drug that is prohibited to be used or possessed without a prescription under the Arkansas Criminal Code, § 5-1-101 et seq. (iii) A test of the child’s bodily…”
K.M. v. State, 983 S.W.2d 93 (Ark. 1998).
· cites it 2× “Arkansas has two distinct systems that are governed by two separate acts: (1) the Arkansas Criminal Code, Ark. Code Ann. §§ 5-1-101 to 5-77-301 (Repl.”
MM v. State, 88 S.W.3d 406 (Ark. 2002).
· cites it 2× “State , this court noted that Arkansas has "two distinct systems that are governed by two separate acts: (1) the Arkansas Criminal Code, Ark.Code Ann. §§ 5-1-101 to 5-77-301 (Repl.”
KM v. State, 983 S.W.2d 93 (Ark. 1998).
· cites it 2× “Arkansas has two distinct systems that are governed by two separate acts: (1) the Arkansas Criminal Code, Ark.Code Ann. § 5-1-101 to 5-77-301 (Repl.”
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