Appeals in criminal cases shall take precedence over all other business of the Supreme Court and shall be placed first upon the docket for trial.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-91-103
Precedence
Known as the Arkansas Effective Death Penalty Act
The act spans §§ 16–16 (24 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Crawford v. State (2005)
Most recently applied in 2016 Ark. App. 374 - Shreck v. State (September 2016)
Crim
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.