WEAVER v. STATE

No. CR 88-18.

752 S.W.2d 750 (1988)

296 Ark. 152

Thomas L. WEAVER, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Jones, Jr., Conway, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., Joseph V. Svoboda, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


NEWBERN, Justice.

The appellant, Thomas L. Weaver, was convicted in municipal court of indecent exposure. He appealed to the Van Buren Circuit Court which refused to hear the case because Weaver's counsel had not given the court proposed jury instructions as required by a local rule. We hold that the court erred in the application of its rule, and thus we reverse the decision.

When a conviction is appealed from a municipal court to a circuit court, the case...

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