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AR Code § 16-87-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 87 - Public Defenders|Subchapter 3 - Funding|§ 16-87-307. Conflicts of interest

 (a) If a court determines that a conflict of interest exists between an indigent person and a public defender, the case shall be reassigned as follows:  (1) If there is within the county or judicial district another public defender, the appointment of whom would not create a conflict of interest, the judge shall appoint that public defender to defend the person;  (2) If there is no other public defender within the county or judicial district eligible to represent the person, the judge shall notify the Arkansas Public Defender Commission, which may appoint a public defender from an adjacent area; or  (3) A private attorney may be appointed by the judge who shall notify in writing the commission of the appointment, the type of case, and the reason for the appointment within twenty (20) days of the appointment.    (b) The commission shall continue to maintain a list of private attorneys based upon their qualifications for acceptance of appointment.  (c)  (1) A list for each judicial district shall be prepared, certified, and updated annually by the commission.  (2) A separate list of attorneys throughout the state qualified and willing to accept appointment as lead counsel in capital cases shall be prepared, certified, and updated annually by the commission.  (3) The commission shall create a second list of attorneys who may be appointed to assist the lead counsel.  (4) The commission shall create and maintain a list of attorneys who are qualified and willing to accept appointment as lead counsel in actions under Rule 37.5 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure.
AR Code § 16-88-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-101. Jurisdiction of courts for certain offenses generally

 (a) The jurisdiction of the various courts of this state for the trial of offenses shall be as follows:  (1) The Senate shall have exclusive jurisdiction of impeachment;  (2) The Supreme Court shall have general supervision and control over all inferior courts in criminal cases;  (3) The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the district court, for the trial of offenses defined as felonies by state law and shall have original jurisdiction concurrent with the district court for the trial of offenses defined as misdemeanors by state law; and  (4) The district court shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the circuit court, for the trial of violations of ordinances of any town, city, or county within the territorial jurisdiction of the district court and shall have original jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit court for the trial of offenses defined as misdemeanors and violations by state law and committed within the territorial jurisdiction of the district court.    (b) Where an indictment is found in the circuit court for an offense within its jurisdiction, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction of all the degrees of the offense and of all the offenses included in the one (1) charge, although some of those degrees or included offenses are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the district court.  (c) A district court may issue arrest warrants and search warrants and may perform other pretrial functions, as authorized by the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure, in the prosecution of a person for an offense within the exclusive jurisdiction of the circuit court.
AR Code § 16-88-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-102. Restraint of inferior courts

 The circuit court of any county or the judge thereof, exercising jurisdiction in vacation, may by writ of prohibition restrain all other inferior courts in the limits of the county from exceeding their criminal jurisdiction.
AR Code § 16-88-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-104. Presumption of jurisdiction

 It shall be presumed upon trial that the offense charged was committed within the jurisdiction of the court, and the court may pronounce the proper judgment accordingly unless the evidence affirmatively shows otherwise.
AR Code § 16-88-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-105. Territorial jurisdiction of certain courts generally

 (a) The jurisdiction of the Senate and Supreme Court embraces the whole state.  (b) The local jurisdiction of circuit courts shall be of offenses committed within the respective counties in which they are held.  (c) The local jurisdiction of district courts shall be of offenses committed within the limits of the jurisdiction of the courts, as prescribed by the statutes creating or regulating them.
AR Code § 16-88-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-106. Mississippi River — Jurisdictional boundaries

 (a) The criminal jurisdiction of the State of Arkansas is extended as follows:  (b) The State of Arkansas and her sister states, Tennessee and Mississippi, have concurrent criminal jurisdiction over the parts of the territory lying opposite them and between the lines extending and parallel to their north and south boundaries.    Beginning at a point where the north boundary line of Arkansas intersects the west bank of the Mississippi River and extending east along a line in extension of and parallel to the said north boundary of Arkansas to the east bank of the said Mississippi River; thence south along the bank, and following the meandering thereof to a point where a line drawn east along and parallel to the south boundary of Arkansas would intersect the east bank of the Mississippi River, thence west along that line to a point where the south boundary line of Arkansas intersects the west bank of the Mississippi River.
AR Code § 16-88-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-107. Francis River — Jurisdictional boundaries

 (a) The criminal jurisdiction of the State of Arkansas is extended as follows:  (b) The State of Arkansas and her sister state, Missouri, have concurrent criminal jurisdiction over the parts of the territory lying opposite them and between the lines extending and parallel to their north and south boundaries.    Beginning at a point where the north boundary line of Arkansas intersects the west meander line of the St. Francis River and running east on an extension of the north boundary line to the meander line on the east bank of the river; thence south with the meander line of the river to the point where the meander line intersects the south boundary line of the State of Missouri; thence west on an extension of the south line of Missouri to the meander line on the west bank of the river; thence north with the meander line of the river to the point of beginning.
AR Code § 16-88-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-108. Jurisdiction of counties — Offenses generally

 (a) When any offense may be committed on the boundary of two (2) counties or where the person committing the offense may be on one side and the injury is done on the other side of the boundary, the indictment may be found and the trial and conviction thereon had in either of the counties. If it is uncertain where the boundary is, the indictment may be found and a trial had in either county.  (b) Where a river is the boundary between two (2) counties, the criminal jurisdiction of each county shall embrace offenses committed on the river or any island thereof.  (c) Where the offense is committed partly in one county and partly in another or the acts or effects thereof requisite to the consummation of the offense occur in two (2) or more counties, the jurisdiction is in either county.
AR Code § 16-88-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-109. Jurisdiction of counties — Importing property into state

 (a) Where the offense consists of importing any property into the state, the jurisdiction shall be in any county into which the offender imports the property.  (b) Whenever two (2) or more counties have jurisdiction of the same offense by this section, the county in which the defendant is first arrested shall proceed to try the offense, to the exclusion of others.
AR Code § 16-88-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-110. Jurisdiction of counties — Kidnapping

 (a) Where the offense consists of kidnapping, seizing, or confining a person without lawful authority, the jurisdiction shall be in the county in which the kidnapping, seizing, or confining was committed, or in any county in which it was continued.  (b) Whenever two (2) or more counties have jurisdiction of the same offense by this section, the county in which the defendant is first arrested shall proceed to try the offense, to the exclusion of the others.
AR Code § 16-88-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-111. Jurisdiction of counties — Offense committed on boat or vessel

 When any offense may have been committed within this state on board any steamboat, flatboat, keelboat, or other vessel in the course of any voyage or trip, an indictment for the offense may be found and a trial and conviction on the offense had in any county through which or any part of which the boat or vessel passed in the course of the same voyage or trip, and with like effect as in the county in which the offense was committed.
AR Code § 16-88-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-112. Jurisdiction of counties — Mortal wound

 If any wound or mortal injury is inflicted on any human being in this state, who shall die thereof in another state or country, whether the state or country is within the jurisdiction of the United States or not, an indictment may be found. A trial and conviction thereon may be had in the county in which the wound or mortal injury was given or inflicted in all respects as if the death had happened in the county.
AR Code § 16-88-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-113. Jurisdiction of counties — Stolen property

 (a) When any person is liable to be prosecuted as the receiver of any personal property that may have been feloniously stolen, taken, or embezzled, he or she may be indicted, tried, and convicted in any county where he or she received or had the property, notwithstanding that the larceny may have been committed in another county.  (b) When property stolen in one county and brought into another has been taken by burglary or robbery, the offender may be indicted, tried, and convicted for the burglary or robbery in the county into which the stolen property was taken, in the same manner as if the burglary or robbery had been committed in that county.  (c)  (1) Every person who steals or obtains by robbery the property of another in any other state or country, whether or not the state or country is within the jurisdictional limits of the United States, and who brings the property within this state, may be indicted, tried, and punished for larceny in the same manner as if the property had been feloniously stolen or taken within this state. In any case, the larceny may be charged to have been committed in any country into or through which the stolen property may have been taken.  (2) Every person prosecuted under the provisions of this section may plead a former conviction or acquittal for the same offense in another state or country. If the plea is admitted or established, it shall be a bar to any other or further proceedings against the person for the same matter.
AR Code § 16-88-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-114. Jurisdiction of counties — Accessories to felonies

 (a) An indictment against any accessory to any felony may be found in any county where the offense of the accessory may have been committed, notwithstanding the fact that the principal offense may have been committed in another county.  (b) The like proceedings shall be had therein, in all respects, as if the principal offense had been committed in the same county.
AR Code § 16-88-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-115. Katie's Law

 (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as “Katie's Law”.  (b) When any sexual offense, as defined by § 5-14-101 et seq., is committed against any person who at the time of the sexual offense was traveling within this state by private motor vehicle, common carrier, watercraft, or other mode of transportation and law enforcement is unable to determine the county in which the sexual offense was committed, the venue for prosecuting the person committing the sexual offense may be in any county of this state from, through, or to which the victim traveled.
AR Code § 16-88-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-88-116. Traffic citations issued within a town or city with a district court — Placement on docket

 All traffic citations issued within the boundaries of a town or city of this state which has a district court shall be placed on the docket of the district court of that town or city, unless the presiding judge of that court authorizes a transfer to another court exercising jurisdiction over the area in which the citation was issued.
AR Code § 16-88-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 2 - Change of Venue|§ 16-88-201. Removal for prejudice

 Any criminal cause pending in any circuit court may be removed by the order of the court, or by the judge thereof in vacation, to the circuit court of another county whenever it shall appear, in the manner provided in this subchapter, that the minds of the inhabitants of the county in which the cause is pending are so prejudiced against the defendant that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in that county.
AR Code § 16-88-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 2 - Change of Venue|§ 16-88-202. Removal as to several defendants

 When there are several defendants in any indictment or criminal prosecution and the cause of the removal of the defendants exists only as to one (1) or more of them, the other defendants shall be tried and all proceedings had against them in the county in which the case is pending, in all respects as if no order of removal had been made as to any defendant.
AR Code § 16-88-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 2 - Change of Venue|§ 16-88-203. One change of venue

 Only one (1) change of venue shall be granted in any criminal case or prosecution.
AR Code § 16-88-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 2 - Change of Venue|§ 16-88-204. Application and issuance for order of removal

 (a)  (1) The application of the defendant for an order of removal shall be by petition setting forth the facts on account of which the removal is requested. The truth of the allegations in the petition shall be supported by the affidavits of two (2) credible persons who are qualified electors, actual residents of the county, and not related to the defendant in any way.  (2) Reasonable notice of the application shall be given to the prosecuting attorney.  (3) The court shall hear the application and, after considering the facts set forth in the petition and the affidavits accompanying it and any other affidavits or counter affidavits that may be filed and, after hearing any witnesses produced by either party, shall either grant or refuse the petition according to the truth of the facts alleged in it and established by the evidence.    (b) Every order for the removal of a criminal cause under the provisions of this subchapter shall state whether the order is made on the application of the party or on facts within the knowledge of the court or judge making the order, and shall specify the cause of removal, and designate the county to which the cause is to be removed.  (c) The order, if made in term time, shall be entered on the record of the proceedings of the court. If made by a judge in vacation, the order shall be in writing and be signed by the judge and shall be filed by the clerk with the petition, if any, as a part of the record.
AR Code § 16-88-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 2 - Change of Venue|§ 16-88-205. Recognizance required for certain defendants

 (a) When the order is made, the defendant, if not in custody and the offense charge is bailable, shall enter into recognizance with sufficient security for his or her appearance to answer the charges in the court to which the cause is to be removed, on the first day of the next term thereof, and not depart the court without leave.  (b) The recognizance may be taken by the court or judge making the order of removal or by any officer authorized by law to let to bail after indictment is found.  (c) When the recognizance is taken out of the court in which the cause is pending, it shall be filed with the clerk of the court as a part of the record in the cause.  (d) No order for the removal of a cause shall be effectual in the case of any defendant not in confinement or custody unless a recognizance is entered into as directed in this subchapter or unless the order of the removal is delivered before any juror is sworn in the cause.
AR Code § 16-88-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 2 - Change of Venue|§ 16-88-206. Order to remove the bodies of certain defendants

 (a) If the defendant is in actual custody, the court or judge granting the order of removal shall also make an order commanding the sheriff to remove the body of the defendant to the jail of the county into which the cause is to be removed and deliver the defendant to the keeper of the jail, together with the warrant or process by virtue of which he or she is imprisoned and held.  (b) The sheriff shall obey the order without unnecessary delay and shall endorse on the commitment process or order of the court by which the prisoner is held in his or her custody the reason of the change of custody. The sheriff shall deliver the warrant with the prisoner to the keeper of the jail of the proper county, who shall give the sheriff a receipt therefor, and take charge of and keep the prisoner in the same manner as if he or she had been originally committed to the jail.
AR Code § 16-88-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 2 - Change of Venue|§ 16-88-207. Second removal of same cause prohibited

 In no case shall a second removal of the same cause be allowed.
AR Code § 16-88-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 2 - Change of Venue|§ 16-88-208. Notice of order of removal

 (a) When the order of removal is made in term time, it shall be deemed a notice to every person who has entered into recognizance to appear at the term.  (b) In all other cases, the notice shall be given in writing, signed by the prosecuting attorney or the clerk of the court, and be served on the person so recognized in the manner provided by law for serving other notices.
AR Code § 16-88-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 2 - Change of Venue|§ 16-88-209. Transcript of records and proceedings

 (a) Whenever any order shall be made for the removal of any cause under the provisions of this subchapter, the clerk of the court in which the cause is pending shall make out a full transcript of the records and proceedings in the cause, including the order of removal, the petition therefor, if any, and the recognizance of the defendant and of all witnesses. The clerk shall immediately transmit the transcript, duly certified under the seal of the court, to the clerk of the court to which the removal of the cause is ordered.  (b) If the transcript shall not have been transmitted or shall not have been received on or before the first term of the court to which the cause is ordered removed, or if the transcript shall be lost or destroyed, the cause shall not, by reason thereof, abate or be discontinued, but the transcript, or another in lieu thereof, may be transmitted and filed as required by this subchapter at or before the next succeeding term of the court. Proceeding shall be had thereon as if no failure or loss had happened.  (c) On the receipt of the transcript by the clerk of the court to which any cause is removed, the clerk shall file the transcript as a record of his court, and the same proceedings shall be had in the cause in the court, and in the same manner in all respects, as if the cause had originated there.
AR Code § 16-88-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue|Subchapter 2 - Change of Venue|§ 16-88-210. Attendance of defendant and witnesses required

 The defendant and all witnesses, and others who shall have entered into recognizance to attend the trial of any cause, having notice of the removal thereof, shall be bound to attend at the time and place of trial in the county to which the cause is so removed. A failure to do so shall be deemed a breach of the recognizance. Upon motion of the prosecuting attorney, judgment of forfeiture shall be entered by the court as provided by law.