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Ark. Code Ann. § 3-3-405

Defendant's reputation as evidence

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Samantha Edwards, Individually and as Special Administratrix of the Estate of William Bobby Wray Edwards, and Arleigh Grayce Edwards, Deceased; And as Parent and Next Friend for Peyton Hale, a Minor v. Eric James Cornell Thomas and McElroy Truck Lines, Inc. (2021)

Most recently applied in Samantha Edwards, Individually and as Special Administratrix of the Estate of William Bobby Wray Edwards, and Arleigh Grayce Edwards, Deceased; And as Parent and Next Friend for Peyton Hale, a Minor v. Eric James Cornell Thomas and McElroy Truck Lines, Inc. (June 2021)

Acts 1935, No. 108, Art. 6, § 7; Pope's Dig., § 14140; A.S.A. 1947, § 48-940.

In any prosecution or proceeding for any violation of this act, the general reputation of the defendant for moonshining, bootlegging, or being engaged in the illicit manufacture of or trade in intoxicating liquors shall be admissible in evidence against the defendant.

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.