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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-401

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Applied in 225 court decisions — leading case Buckley v. State (2002)

Most recently applied in 2026 Ark. App. 190 - Blake Wimberly v. State of Arkansas (March 2026)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 901; 1977, No. 474, § 3; 1981, No. 620, § 8; 1983, No. 409, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-901.

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(1) A defendant convicted of a felony shall receive a determinate sentence according to the following limitations: For a Class Y felony, the sentence shall be not less than ten (10) years and not more than forty (40) years, or life;

(2) For a Class A felony, the sentence shall be not less than six (6) years nor more than thirty (30) years;

(3) For a Class B felony, the sentence shall be not less than five (5) years nor more than twenty (20) years;

(4) For a Class C felony, the sentence shall be not less than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years;

(5) For a Class D felony, the sentence shall not exceed six (6) years; and

(6) For an unclassified felony, the sentence shall be in accordance with a limitation of the statute defining the felony.

(7) A defendant convicted of a misdemeanor may be sentenced according to the following limitations: For a Class A misdemeanor, the sentence shall not exceed one (1) year;

(8) For a Class B misdemeanor, the sentence shall not exceed ninety (90) days;

(9) For a Class C misdemeanor, the sentence shall not exceed thirty (30) days; and

(10) For an unclassified misdemeanor, the sentence shall be in accordance with a limitation of the statute defining the misdemeanor.

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.