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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-2-622 (2020)

Gambling debts and losses

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It is no defense to a prosecution for a crime of violence that a person was seeking recovery or replevin of a gambling debt or loss in circumstances in which civil recovery is permitted by § 16-118-103.

History. Acts 2009, No. 460, § 1.

A.C.R.C. Notes. Acts 2009, No. 460, § 3, provided: “It is the intent of this Act to overrule Daniels v. State, 373 Ark. 536, ___ S.W.3d ___ (2008), and its interpretation of § 16-118-103(a)(1). That case and its interpretation of replevin and the holding in Davidson v. State, 200 Ark. 495, 139 S.W.2d 409 (1940), are contrary to the public policy of this State.”

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Cited in 1 case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Heard v. State, 2009 Ark. 546, 354 S.W.3d 49.
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Heard v. State, 2009 Ark. 546, 354 S.W.3d 49. · cites it 2× “Finally, Act 460 also amended Title 5 to insert Ark.Code Ann. § 5-2-622 (Supp.2009), in the subdivision governing justification, to provide that "[i]t is no defense to a prosecution for a crime of violence that a person was seeking recovery or replevin of a gambling debt or loss…”
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