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AR Code § 16-90-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-90-122. Post-conviction release of nonviolent offenders

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any circuit judge may authorize the temporary release of an offender in the county sheriff's custody who has:  (1) Been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a nonviolent felony offense in circuit court; and  (2) Been sentenced to a term of imprisonment and committed to the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction and is awaiting transfer to the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction.    (b) A circuit judge shall not authorize the temporary release of an offender under subsection (a) of this section if the offender has been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a:  (1) Class Y felony offense listed in § 16-93-618; or  (2) Felony sex offense listed in the definition of “sex offense” in § 12-12-903.    (c)  (1) The circuit judge may authorize the release under the terms and conditions that he or she determines are necessary to protect the public and to ensure the offender's return to custody upon notice that bed space is available at the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction.  (2) The circuit judge may require a cash or professional bond to be posted in an amount suitable to ensure the offender's return to custody.
AR Code § 16-90-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 2 - Multiple Convictions|§ 16-90-201. Punishment for second or subsequent convictions generally

 Any person convicted of an offense which is punishable by imprisonment in the Division of Correction who shall subsequently be convicted for another offense shall be punished as follows:   (1) If the second offense is such that, upon a first conviction, the offender could be punished by imprisonment for a term less than his or her natural life, then the sentence to imprisonment shall be for a determinate term not less than one (1) year more than the minimum sentence provided by law for a first conviction of the offense for which the defendant is being tried, and not more than the maximum sentence provided by law for this offense, unless the maximum sentence is less than the minimum sentence plus one (1) year, in which case the longer term shall govern;  (2) If the third offense is such that, upon a first conviction, the offender could be punished by imprisonment for a term less than his or her natural life, then the person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a determinate term not less than three (3) years more than the minimum sentence provided by law for a first conviction of the offense for which the defendant is being tried, and not more than the maximum sentence provided by law for the offense, unless the maximum sentence is less than the minimum sentence plus three (3) years, in which case the longer term shall govern; and  (3)  (A) If the fourth or subsequent offense is such that, upon a first conviction, the offender could be punished by imprisonment for a term less than his or her natural life, then the person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for the fourth or subsequent offense for a determinate term not less than the maximum sentence provided by law for a first conviction of the offense for which the defendant is being tried, and not more than one and one-half (1½) times the maximum sentence provided by law for a first conviction.  (B) However, any person convicted of a fourth or subsequent offense shall be sentenced to imprisonment for no less than five (5) years.
AR Code § 16-90-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 2 - Multiple Convictions|§ 16-90-202. Punishment for third conviction for certain offenses

 (a) When any person shall be convicted of murder, rape, carnal abuse, or kidnapping and it shall be shown that the person has been twice previously convicted of any of the above-mentioned crimes in this state or any other state, upon the third conviction the person shall be deemed a habitual criminal and shall be sentenced to life imprisonment in the Division of Correction.  (b) However, nothing in this section shall be construed to abolish or otherwise affect punishment by death for crimes which are punishable by death.
AR Code § 16-90-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 2 - Multiple Convictions|§ 16-90-204. Evidence of former conviction

 The duly certified copy of the record of a former conviction and judgment of any court of record for imprisonment in the penitentiary against the person indicated or the certificate of the warden or other chief officer of any penitentiary of this state or any other state in the United States, of the United States Government, of any foreign country, or of the chief custodian of the records of the United States Department of Justice containing the name and the fingerprints of the person imprisoned as they appear in the records of his or her office shall be prima facie evidence, upon the trial of any person for a second and subsequent offense, of the conviction and judgment of imprisonment in the penitentiary and may be used in evidence against the person.
AR Code § 16-90-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 2 - Multiple Convictions|§ 16-90-205. Trial procedure for habitual criminals

 The following trial procedure shall be adhered to in cases involving habitual criminals:   (1) The jury shall first hear all of the evidence pertaining to the current charge against the defendant and shall retire to reach its verdict as to this charge based only upon the evidence. However, nothing in this subdivision (1) shall prohibit cross-examination of a defendant as to previous convictions when the defendant takes the stand in his or her own defense;  (2) If the defendant is found guilty, the same jury shall sit again and hear evidence of the defendant's prior conviction or convictions. However, the defendant shall have the right to deny the existence of any prior convictions and to offer evidence in support of this denial; and  (3) The jury shall again retire, and if it is found that one (1) or more prior convictions exist or if the defendant admits the previous conviction or convictions, then the prior conviction or convictions shall be considered in fixing the punishment for the current offense for which the defendant has been convicted in accordance with § 16-90-201.
AR Code § 16-90-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 3 - Restitution to Victims|§ 16-90-301. Legislative determination

 The General Assembly recognizes that many innocent persons suffer injury, death, property damage, and resultant financial hardship because of crimes committed in this state and that there is a genuine need in this state to establish a method whereby the responsible offender, as far as practicable, may be required to make restitution to his or her victim so as to make that victim whole with respect to the financial injury suffered.
AR Code § 16-90-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 3 - Restitution to Victims|§ 16-90-302. Subchapter amendatory and supplemental

 The provisions of this subchapter are amendatory and supplemental to Acts 1977, No. 482, as amended.
AR Code § 16-90-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 3 - Restitution to Victims|§ 16-90-307. Restitution fund

 (a) The circuit judges of each judicial district may establish a restitution fund to be administered by the circuit judge, the prosecuting attorney, or probationary agency, whichever the circuit judge shall designate.  (b) The circuit judges shall provide rules and regulations for this restitution fund and shall supervise the restitution fund.  (c)  (1) The circuit judges may levy additional fines against criminal defendants and place the additional fine money in the restitution fund of the judicial district.  (2) The additional fines shall be in an amount not to exceed the amount of the criminal penalty fine provided by law for the offense.  (3) The additional fine money shall be remitted to the restitution fund, to be deposited into a depository other than the county treasurer or State Treasury.    (d) Application for restitution may be made by victims of crime by written petition to the circuit judge, and the application shall be ruled upon without hearing.  (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any circuit judge from requiring any specific defendant to make direct restitution to specific victims.
AR Code § 16-90-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 3 - Restitution to Victims|§ 16-90-308. Proceeds from sale of rights arising from criminal act

 (a)  (1) Any person referred to as the defendant in this section who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any crime who contracts to benefit economically regarding the crime shall pay to the circuit court in which the charges for the crime were filed any money or thing of value contracted to be paid to the defendant or his or her spouse, heirs, assigns, and transferees.  (2) As used in subdivision (a)(1) of this section, “benefit economically” does not include reimbursement for travel or other expenses.  (3) The circuit court shall deposit the moneys into an escrow account for the benefit of and payable to any victim or his or her legal representative of crimes committed by the defendant.    (b)  (1) Payments from the escrow account shall be made to the defendant upon an order of the judge of the circuit court wherein the charges were filed upon a showing that the money or thing of value shall be used for the exclusive purpose of retaining legal representation for the defendant at any stage of the criminal proceedings arising out of the criminal charge or to pay for already rendered legal representation and that the defendant would otherwise be unable to or has been unable to afford adequate legal representation.  (2) As used in subdivision (b)(1) of this section, “legal representation” includes costs of expert witnesses and testing of evidence.    (c)  (1) Payments from the escrow account shall be used to satisfy any civil judgment rendered in favor of a victim or his or her legal representative which arose out of the circumstances upon which the defendant's conviction was based, but only if the victim brings a civil action to recover money against the defendant.  (2) If no victim or legal representative of a victim has filed suit within five (5) years from the filing of the charges, any money remaining shall be paid over to any state-supported victim reparation or assistance program.  (3) Upon the disposition of the criminal charges in favor of the defendant, money in the escrow account shall be paid over to the defendant.    (d) The circuit court in which the charges were filed shall publish a notice in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in each county of the state one (1) time every year for four (4) years from the date the money is deposited with the circuit court, notifying any eligible victim or legal representative of an eligible victim that moneys are available to satisfy judgments pursuant to this section.
AR Code § 16-90-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 3 - Restitution to Victims|§ 16-90-309. Restitution for theft of public property

 (a) When any defendant is found guilty or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to theft or any other offense affecting property held by or belonging to the state or any political subdivision thereof, the court shall require the payment of restitution for the benefit of the state or the applicable political subdivision as part of the sentence.  (b) The court shall set the amount of restitution based on reliable and probative evidence. Any amounts received by the state or a political subdivision from the Self-Insured Fidelity Bond Program, § 21-2-701 et seq., or other third party bonds as a result of the defendant's actions shall not reduce the amount of restitution required to be paid by the defendant.  (c) If payments are made by the Self-Insured Fidelity Bond Program to reimburse the state or political subdivision for losses incurred as a result of the actions of the defendant, the Self-Insured Fidelity Bond Program is entitled to receive priority to any restitution ordered and received by the court up to the amount paid by the Self-Insured Fidelity Bond Program to the state or political subdivision.  (d) The Self-Insured Fidelity Bond Program is subrogated to any right of the state or political subdivision to the extent of any proceeds paid by the Self-Insured Fidelity Bond Program.  (e) If restitution is allowed to be made over a period of time, the court shall also require the payment of interest on the amount of outstanding restitution. Interest shall begin to accrue from the date the court-ordered restitution is filed with the court clerk. The court shall determine the rate of interest to be assessed.  (f) An order of restitution for the benefit of the state or any political subdivision pursuant to the provisions of this section and § 16-90-310 does not bar any civil remedy that may also be available under law.
AR Code § 16-90-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 3 - Restitution to Victims|§ 16-90-310. Theft of public property — Lien on defendant's property

 (a) When any defendant is found guilty of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to theft or any other offense affecting property held by or belonging to the state or any political subdivision thereof, the circuit court shall order a lien upon any and all property, refunds, or any other items in which the defendant may have a vested interest.  (b)  (1) The purpose of the lien is to secure the payment of any restitution, fines, court costs, or other payments that may be ordered by the circuit court.  (2)  (A) The lien shall have the same effect as any other civil judgment.  (B) The state or the applicable political subdivision may execute upon the judgment in any manner provided by law.  (C) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the state or any political subdivision may execute upon any funds held by a state public retirement system or any state agency or political subdivision in which the defendant may have a vested interest.    (3) The circuit court shall order that these liens be released upon satisfaction of all payments ordered by the circuit court.
AR Code § 16-90-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 3 - Restitution to Victims|§ 16-90-311. Restitution for audit investigation costs

 (a) When any defendant is found guilty of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to theft or any other offense affecting property held by or belonging to the State of Arkansas or any political subdivision of the state, and Arkansas Legislative Audit has incurred costs in the investigation of the transactions, the court shall require as part of the sentence the payment of restitution for the audit investigation costs to be payable to Arkansas Legislative Audit.  (b)  (1) The court shall set the amount of restitution based on audit investigative costs records provided by Arkansas Legislative Audit.  (2) Any amounts received by the state or a political subdivision from the Self-Insured Fidelity Bond Program, § 21-2-701 et seq., or other third-party bonds as a result of the defendant's actions shall not reduce the amount of restitution required to be paid by the defendant.
AR Code § 16-90-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 4 - Execution of Sentence — Confinement|§ 16-90-401. Delivery of copy of judgment to county sheriff

 Where a judgment of confinement, either in the Division of Correction or county jail, is pronounced, a certified copy of the judgment must be furnished forthwith to the county sheriff, who shall thereupon execute it, and no other warrant or authority is necessary to its execution.
AR Code § 16-90-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 4 - Execution of Sentence — Confinement|§ 16-90-402. Delivery of defendant and copy of judgment to proper officials

 (a)  (1) In executing a judgment of confinement, the county sheriff shall deliver the defendant with a certified standardized copy of the sentencing order to the Division of Correction, Division of Community Correction, or to another detention facility, as indicated in the sentencing order.  (2) If electronic filing of court records has been implemented by the circuit clerk in the county where the defendant's conviction occurred, the standardized copy of the sentencing order may be electronically transmitted by the circuit clerk to the Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, or to another detention facility, as indicated in the sentencing order.    (b) The standardized copy of the sentencing order shall be developed by representatives from the Division of Correction, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Arkansas Sentencing Commission, and the Prosecutor Coordinator's office.
AR Code § 16-90-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 4 - Execution of Sentence — Confinement|§ 16-90-403. Power of county sheriff to prevent escape, etc

 In conveying the defendant to the Division of Correction, the county sheriff shall have all the powers of preventing an escape, of resisting an effort to rescue the defendant, of recapturing the defendant, and of summoning persons to his or her aid that the county sheriff would have in executing a warrant of arrest in his or her county.
AR Code § 16-90-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 4 - Execution of Sentence — Confinement|§ 16-90-404. Written return of county sheriff

 The county sheriff shall make a written return of the execution of the judgment of imprisonment and file the return with the clerk of the court within ten (10) days after the execution of judgment.
AR Code § 16-90-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 4 - Execution of Sentence — Confinement|§ 16-90-405. Filing of judgment with clerk

 (a) It shall be the duty of the justice of the peace or the clerk of the court rendering a judgment or sentence of conviction in misdemeanor cases when the defendant is committed to the county jail to file a copy of the judgment or sentence in the office of the clerk of the county court, together with a full itemized statement of the fine and costs adjudged, as well as a concise statement of the time the convict may be held to labor in discharge of the judgment or sentence.  (b) The clerk of the county court shall register the judgment or sentence in a book to be kept by him or her for that purpose.
AR Code § 16-90-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 4 - Execution of Sentence — Confinement|§ 16-90-407. Confinement in default of payment of fine

 (a) The defendant shall not be held in confinement under an execution for a fine for a longer period than at the rate of one (1) day for each two dollars ($2.00) of the fine. However, the confinement shall not discharge the fine, which thereafter can only be collected by proceeding against the defendant's property.  (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to judgments in city or police courts, which may be discharged by confinement in the city workhouse, according to the provisions of the special statutes regulating them.
AR Code § 16-90-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 4 - Execution of Sentence — Confinement|§ 16-90-408. Grounds for removal of person in confinement

 A person committed to prison for any criminal offense who is in the custody of an officer shall not be removed from the prison or delivered to the custody of any other officer, except in the following cases:   (1) By writ of habeas corpus or some other legal writ or under the guidelines of the Interstate Corrections Compact, § 12-49-101 et seq.;  (2) When he or she may be delivered to an officer, to be removed to some common jail;  (3) In case of fire, infectious disease, or other great necessity; or  (4)  (A) When the prisoner is charged by affidavit with treason or felony committed in some other state or territory of the United States of America.  (B) In such a case, on the demand of the executive of that state or the governor of a territory of the United States from which the prisoner fled, the prisoner shall be sent in custody by order of any circuit court or may be bound by recognizance, with good security by the court to appear at the proper time and place and surrender himself or herself to the court or tribunal having jurisdiction of the offense if the court, upon consideration of the evidence, shall be of the opinion that he or she should be put upon trial.
AR Code § 16-90-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally|Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally|Subchapter 4 - Execution of Sentence — Confinement|§ 16-90-409. Judgment — Abatement of nuisance, etc

 (a) A certified copy of the judgment delivered to the county sheriff shall authorize and require him or her to execute a judgment for the abatement or removal of a nuisance or for anything other than the payment of money by the defendant.  (b) The county sheriff shall make a return of his or her execution of the judgment and file the return with the clerk of the court within sixty (60) days after the copy is delivered to him or her.