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STEPHENS v. STATE

No. CR 96-403.

944 S.W.2d 836 (1997)

328 Ark. 570

Melissa STEPHENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theresa S. Nazario, Bentonville, for Appellant.

Winston Bryant, Attorney General, J. Brent Standridge, Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock, for Appellee.

THORNTON, Justice.

Appellant Melissa Stephens was convicted of filing a false report with a law enforcement agency. She challenges her conviction, raising the question whether our criminal statute prohibiting the filing of a false report with a law enforcement agency is violated when the false statement is made by a person other than the one who actually called the police to report the crime. She asserts that the trial court erred when it denied her motion for directed...

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