ASHWORTH v. STATE

No. CR 91-104.

816 S.W.2d 597 (1991)

306 Ark. 580

Leon ASHWORTH, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall N. Carlisle, Fayetteville, for appellant.

J. Brent Standridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


NEWBERN, Justice.

Leon Ashworth contends the Municipal Court, in which he was convicted of driving while intoxicated and failure to maintain control of a motor vehicle, lacked jurisdiction. Ashworth was arrested in Fayetteville where the offenses allegedly occurred but tried in the Elkins Municipal Court. He contends that county-wide jurisdiction granted to Municipal Courts by Ark.Code Ann. § 16-17-206(b) (Supp.1989...

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