Ark. Code Ann. § 5-74-108

Engaging in violent criminal group activity

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Jones v. State (1998)

Most recently applied in Terrance Hughes v. State of Arkansas (November 2022)

Acts 1993, No. 1002, § 1.

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(1) Any person who violates any provision of Arkansas law that is a crime of violence while acting in concert with two (2) or more other persons is subject to enhanced penalties.

(2) Upon conviction of a crime of violence committed while acting in concert with two (2) or more other persons, the classification and penalty range is increased by one (1) classification.

(3) The fact that the group was not a criminal gang, organization, or enterprise is not a defense to prosecution under this section.

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.