Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-345

Admissibility of evidence

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Bell v. State (2007)

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 1989, No. 273, § 44; 1993, No. 535, § 5; 1993, No. 551, § 5.

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(1) Juvenile adjudications of delinquency for offenses for which the juvenile could have been tried as an adult may be used at the sentencing phase in subsequent adult criminal proceedings against those same individuals.

(2) No other evidence adduced against a juvenile in any proceeding under this subchapter nor the fact of adjudication or disposition shall be admissible evidence against the juvenile in any civil, criminal, or other proceeding.

(3) However, the evidence shall be admissible when proper in subsequent proceedings against the same juvenile under this subchapter.

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.