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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-79-101

Criminal possession of body armor

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case United States v. Steven Gibson (2017)

Most recently applied in United States v. Steven Gibson (October 2017)

Acts 1999, No. 1449, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 299; 2013, No. 542, § 1; 2017, No. 367, § 6.

(1) A person commits criminal possession of body armor if the person knowingly possesses body armor and he or she: Has been found guilty of or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any of the following offenses: Capital murder, § 5-10-101;

(2) Murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102;

(3) Murder in the second degree, § 5-10-103;

(4) Manslaughter, § 5-10-104;

(5) Aggravated robbery, § 5-12-103;

(6) Battery in the first degree, § 5-13-201;

(7) Aggravated assault, § 5-13-204;

(8) A felony violation of § 5-64-401 et seq.; or

(9) Aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer or an employee of a correctional facility, § 5-13-211, if a Class Y felony; or

(10) Is committing or attempts to commit: A felony involving violence as defined in § 5-4-501(d)(2);

(11) Capital murder, § 5-10-101, manslaughter, § 5-10-104, or negligent homicide, § 5-10-105;

(12) False imprisonment in the first degree, § 5-11-103, false imprisonment in the second degree, § 5-11-104, vehicular piracy, § 5-11-105, or permanent detention or restraint, § 5-11-106;

(13) Robbery, § 5-12-102;

(14) Battery in the second degree, § 5-13-202; or

(15) Trafficking of persons, § 5-18-103.

(16) As used in this section, “body armor” means any material designed to be worn on the body and to provide bullet penetration resistance.

(17) Criminal possession of body armor is a Class D felony.

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.