STATE v. RICE

No. CR 97-301.

947 S.W.2d 3 (1997)

329 Ark. 219

STATE of Arkansas, Appellant, v. Leon Jackson RICE, Appellee,

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston Bryant, Attorney General, Gil Dudley, Assistant Attorney General, Little Rock, for Appellant.

William R. Simpson, Jr., Public Defender, Kent C. Krause, Deputy Public Defender, Deborah R. Sallings, Little Rock, for Appellee.


IMBER, Justice.

The State has appealed the trial court's dismissal, on double jeopardy grounds, of a felony charge and a revocation petition. We dismiss the appeal involving the revocation petition, and reverse and remand finding that the trial court erroneously dismissed the felony charge.

On July 16, 1995, Leon Jackson Rice was pulled over during a traffic stop. The investigating officer arrested Rice for possession of a controlled substance. On August 31...

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