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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-91-111

Appeal after confinement

Known as the Arkansas Effective Death Penalty Act

The act spans §§ 16–16 (24 sections).

Crim

(1) If a judgment of confinement in the Division of Correction has been executed before the certificate of appeal was delivered to the county sheriff whose duty it was to execute the judgment, the defendant shall remain in the division during the pendency of the appeal unless discharged by the expiration of his or her term of confinement or by pardon.

(2) Upon a reversal, if a new trial is ordered, the defendant shall be removed from the division to the county jail from which he or she was brought by the county sheriff of the county.

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.