Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-64-418 (2020)
Foreign conviction
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If a violation of this chapter is a violation of a federal law or the law of another state, a conviction or acquittal under federal law or the law of another state for the same act is a bar to prosecution in this state.
History. Acts 2001, No. 1141, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 307.
Amendments. The 2005 amendment rewrote this section.
Cross References. Affirmative defense — Former prosecution in another jurisdiction, § 5-1-114.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2004–2004 · leading case: Aydelotte v. State, 146 S.W.3d 392 (Ark. Ct. App. 2004).
Aydelotte v. State, 146 S.W.3d 392 (Ark. Ct. App. 2004). “The discovery of loaded weapons found in the same building where methamphetamine had recently been manufactured was sufficient to meet the burden of proving that appellant was in simultaneous possession of drugs and a firearm.”
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