PER CURIAM.
Appellant was charged with capital murder in the death of Heaven Pace, a fetus in its ninth month of gestation, and battery of the mother, Shiwona Pace. Appellant was charged under Act 1273 of 1999, the Arkansas Fetal Protection Act, which redefines "person" for purposes of the state's homicide statutes to include a fetus beyond twelve weeks of development. See Ark. Code Ann. § 5-1-102(13)(B)(i)(b) (Supp. 1999). Ark.Code Ann. § 5-1-102...
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