Elizabeth Perry
I attest to the accuracy and ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS
integrity of this document DIVISION I
2023.07.12 12:50:24 -05'00' No. CR-20-655
2023.003.20215
Opinion Delivered October 20, 2021
MARY CHOATE
APPELLANT
APPEAL FROM THE MILLER
V. COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
[NO. 46JV-19-112]
STATE OF ARKANSAS & T.J.
APPELLEES
HONORABLE KIRK JOHNSON,
JUDGE
REVERSED AND DISMISSED IN
PART; DISMISSED IN PART
RITA W. GRUBER, Judge
Mary Choate appeals from an order entered on October 30, 2020, by the Miller
County Circuit Court finding her in criminal contempt for conduct that occurred in the
courthouse hallway during juvenile proceedings on August 21, 2019. She also appeals a
restraining order entered on September 5, 2019, arising out of the same conduct. Because
she did not timely appeal from the restraining order or designate the order in her notice of
appeal, we dismiss the appeal related to that order. Regarding the October 2020 order
finding her in contempt, she argues that the evidence did not rise to the level of
contemptuous conduct and that the court erred in finding her in contempt. Because the
facts, issues on appeal, and arguments are identical to those presented in Choate v. State,
, which we also hand down today, we find it unnecessary to restate them
herein. Furthermore, on the basis of our reasoning set forth in the companion case, we
reverse and dismiss.
Reversed and dismissed in part; dismissed in part.
WHITEAKER and VAUGHT, JJ., agree.
Jason Owens Law Firm, P.A., by: Jason E. Owens, for appellant.
Leslie Rutledge, Att’y Gen., by: Rachel Kemp, Sr. Ass’t Att’y Gen., for appellee.
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