Arkansas Drunk Driving Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Arkansas or Court of Appeals of Arkansas where the terms dui, dwi, drunk driving, or driving under the influence has been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily criminal cases and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions drunk driving related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Mitchell v. State - 7/3/2002
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Appellant Raymond Leshay Mitchell appeals the revocation of his probation and revocation of his suspended imposition of sentence as entered by the Mississippi County Circuit Court with regard to two...
STOTT v. STATE - 5/15/2002
The appellant in this criminal case was convicted of DWI, fourth offense, and of driving on a suspended license. He was sentenced to twenty-four months in the Arkansas Department of Community Punishment. This appeal followed.
For...
Sowell v. State - 5/15/2002
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This is a case involving the warrantless entry into the appellant's home and his eventual arrest. The Pulaski County Circuit Court convicted the appellant, Stephen Michael Sowell, of maintaining a...
Eiland v. State - 4/24/2002
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The Union County Circuit Court found the appellant, Doris Eiland, guilty of third-offense driving while intoxicated (DWI), driving on a suspended license, refusal to submit to breath-alcohol-content...
HOAY v. STATE - 4/4/2002
This is an appeal by appellant James Hoay from a conditional plea of guilty to possession of methamphetamine. He was sentenced to eighteen months to serve in prison followed by five years' suspended imposition of sentence. He appeals...
Candelaria v. State - 3/20/2002
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AFFIRMED
Appellant Henry Candelaria was sentenced in the Pulaski County Circuit Court to seven days in the Pulaski County Detention Center and fined $500 plus costs for DWI 2nd and Refusal to...
GARRETT v. STATE - 3/7/2002
On June 7, 1995, appellant, Ronnie Dean Garrett, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated ("DWI"). On August 1, 1995, appellant entered a guilty plea to the offense as charged. At that time, the DWI Omnibus Act provided...
Konecny v. State - 2/20/2002
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Appellant Louis Konecny was stopped by Stuttgart police officer Bradley Taylor on the night of August 31, 1999. Upon stopping Konecny, Officer Bradley asked him if he had been drinking. After...
Hilton v. State - 2/6/2002
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AFFIRMED
Joseph Hilton was convicted in the Pulaski County Circuit Court of driving while intoxicated and refusal to submit to a chemical test. Hilton received a $300 fine, plus costs, and his...
CITY OF BARLING v. FORT CHAFFEE REDEVELOPMENT - 12/6/2001
In this appeal, arising from a dispute between the City of Barling and the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority, we are asked to resolve the question of who has the authority to designate the use of 7,390 acres that were formerly a...
Langston v. State - 12/5/2001
AFFIRMED
The appellant in this criminal case was on probation for offenses involving possession of a controlled substance when she was charged with negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident involving death. Shortly...
CATRON v. STATE - 11/28/2001
Appellant, Johnnie Catron, appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to dismiss the State's information charging him with manslaughter. He contends that because he was previously found guilty of driving while intoxicated and...
Kohler v. State - 11/14/2001
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Appellant, Karl Kohler, was convicted at a bench trial of driving while intoxicated. The trial of the case was continued three times because the State's witness from the Office of Alcohol Testing...
Trimble v. State - 11/14/2001
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Pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 24.3(b) (2001), the appellants, Mitchell and Melody Trimble, conditionally pleaded guilty to possessing drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine with...
Rice v. Rice - 11/7/2001
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Appellant sought a change of custody of the parties' child. The trial court modified the 1995 divorce decree, awarding the parties joint custody, but allowed the child to remain in the physical...
Lisenby v. Lisenby - 10/31/2001
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AFFIRMED
Appellant Renita Kay Lisenby appeals the October 17, 2000, divorce decree, issued by the Little River County Chancery Court that granted custody of the parties' minor children to...
BARBEE v. STATE - 10/11/2001
Appellant, Shawn Barbee, petitioned for review from an unpublished court of appeals decision affirming revocation of his parole and imposition of a six-year sentence of imprisonment. We granted the petition for review and now reverse...
Coker v. State - 10/10/2001
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ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL
Appellant Gabriel Coker has appealed from his conviction in the Lonoke County Circuit Court of the offenses of underage driving under the influence and refusal to...
CRUMP v. FORD - 9/27/2001
Petitioner Donna Crump seeks a writ of prohibition directed to the Honorable Gayle K. Ford of the Polk County Circuit Court to prevent a trial on a charge of driving while intoxicated ("DWI") because of a speedy-trial violation. This...
HOAY v. STATE - 9/26/2001
Appellant, James Hoay, pleaded guilty to the crime of possession of methamphetamine and was sentenced to eighteen months in the Arkansas Department of Correction to be followed by five years' suspended imposition of sentence. Pursuant...
KELLEY v. STATE - 9/26/2001
On August 17, 2000, a jury found appellant, Phillip Kelley, guilty of one count of obstructing governmental operations. He was sentenced to two days in the county jail and also received a fine in the amount of $100. It is from this...
STATE v. HOOKS - 9/20/2001
The State of Arkansas brings the instant appeal challenging the Saline County Circuit Court's decision that appellee, William Andrew Hooks, was entitled to a self-defense jury instruction on the use of nondeadly physical force although...
Patton v. State - 9/12/2001
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AFFIRMED
Lucky Dale Patton was tried before a jury on four charges resulting from the execution of a search warrant on December 4, 1998, at a residence that had been rented to Patton and his...
Webb v. State - 9/12/2001
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AFFIRMED
Donald Edwin Webb was convicted by a jury of driving while intoxicated, fourth offense, and sentenced to six years imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal,...
Stocks v. State - 9/5/2001
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AFFIRMED
Appellant Joseph A. Stocks was convicted of driving while intoxicated, third offense, and was sentenced to one year in the White County Detention Center with six months suspended. In...
Mills v. State - 9/5/2001
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AFFIRMED
Michael Mills was convicted in a Benton County bench trial of misdemeanor Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) and speeding. For the DWI, Mills received a seven day sentence in the Benton...
Paytes v. State - 8/29/2001
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AFFIRMED
The Mississippi County Circuit Court convicted the appellant, Nathan Paytes, of driving while intoxicated, fourth offense, and sentenced him to one year of community punishment to be...
Brady v. State - 7/9/2001
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MOTION DENIED
David Brady was found guilty of driving while intoxicated, refusing a breathalyzer test, driving with a suspended license, fleeing, reckless driving, driving without a seatbelt,...
SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CAS. INS. v. EASTER - 6/14/2001
Appellant, Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company ("Farm Bureau"), brought this declaratory judgment action, seeking a declaration that it owed neither a duty to pay, nor a duty to defend, an action brought by third parties...
BERRY v. STATE - 6/6/2001
The appellant, James W. Berry, was convicted of felony driving while intoxicated in violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 5-65-103 (Repl. 1997). At the conclusion of a bench trial, the circuit court sentenced appellant to twelve months in the...
BALDWIN v. STATE - 5/30/2001
The appellant, Howard Randy Baldwin, appeals from an order of the Saline County Circuit Court granting the State's motion to vacate. By granting the motion to vacate, the circuit court reinstated the municipal court's conviction of...
Brady v. State - 5/17/2001
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PRO SE PETITION FOR REVIEW and MOTION FOR RULE ON CLERK
PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED; MOTION FOR RULE ON CLERK GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART
David Brady was found guilty of driving...
Burrow v. State - 5/16/2001
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AFFIRMED
Appellant Brookie S. Burrow was charged with manslaughter and driving while intoxicated stemming from a car accident on July 21, 1998. Burrow was the driver of a car that swerved off...
TACKETT v. MERCHANT'S SECURITY PATROL - 5/2/2001
This appeal is brought from the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee. Appellant argues that genuine issues of material fact remain to be decided, thus making summary judgment improper. We disagree and affirm. ...
BADER v. STATE - 3/22/2001
Appellant, Steven Scott Bader, appeals the judgment of the Benton County Circuit Court, convicting him of murder in the first degree and sentencing
him to forty years' imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction....
DONALD v. STATE - 3/7/2001
Appellant Gregory Donald was convicted of driving while intoxicated. After the jury deadlocked in the sentencing phase, the trial court assumed the sentencing function. Appellant was given the maximum sentence of a year in jail, a...
Brady v. State - 3/7/2001
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AFFIRMED
Appellant, David Brady, was convicted by the Lee County Circuit Court of the following offenses: 1) driving while intoxicated; 2) refusing a breathalyzer test; 3) driving on a...
Yancey v. State - 2/28/2001
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AFFIRMED
The appellant in this criminal case was charged with possession of a controlled substance and driving while intoxicated. After a jury trial, he was convicted of those offenses and...
BOHANAN v. STATE - 2/14/2001
Appellant James M. Bohanan was convicted by a jury of driving while intoxicated. He was fined $500.00 and ordered to serve one day in jail, with credit for time served. Mr. Bohanan now appeals, arguing that his conviction is not...
BARRIENTOS v. STATE - 2/7/2001
Jose Barrientos was convicted by the trial court, sitting as trier of fact, of possession of methamphetamine with intent, for which he was sentenced to twenty years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. He raises five points on...
Frye v. State - 12/20/2000
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AFFIRMED
The appellant in this criminal case was charged with first-degree battery, fleeing, first-degree assault, and driving while intoxicated. After a jury trial, he was convicted of those...
STATE v. VAUGHAN - 12/15/2000
The determinative issue in this appeal is whether the circuit court had jurisdiction on April 10, 2000, to consider Vaughan's speedy-trial motion. Appellee contends that, because he did not have notice of the April 8, 1997, hearing,...
Denton v. Denton - 11/22/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant Andraya D. Denton appeals an order of the Benton County Chancery Court that changed custody of her eight-year-old daughter Amber to appellant's ex-husband, appellee Milton...
Tillman v. State - 11/8/2000
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AFFIRMED
Emery Tillman was convicted in an October 25, 1999, bench trial of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. Additionally,...
STEPHENSON v. CITY FORT SMITH - 10/18/2000
The Sebastian County Circuit Court found the appellant, Austin Stephenson, guilty of second-offense driving while intoxicated and sentenced him to forty-five days in the Sebastian County Detention Center with thirty-one days suspended,...
THOMPSON v. STATE - 10/12/2000
Eddie Eugene Thompson appeals the revocation of his suspended sentences by the Sebastian County Circuit Court. Thompson argues that the trial court based its decision on insufficient evidence. Thompson unsuccessfully appealed his...
Nelson v. State - 9/20/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant, Larry Nelson, was convicted of a fourth driving while intoxicated (DWI) offense, sentenced to thirty-months' imprisonment, fined $900, and had his driver's license...
Pennington v. State - 9/6/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant Carlton Pennington was convicted of driving while intoxicated, possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, and simultaneous...
POTTER v. STATE - 7/5/2000
Appellant Michael Ray Potter entered a conditional plea of guilty to possession of methamphetamine pursuant to Rule 24.3(b) of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure. Mr. Potter was sentenced to three years' probation, twenty...
Brady v. State - 7/5/2000
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TERRY CRABTREE, JUDGE
REBRIEFING ORDERED
The Lee County Circuit Court found the appellant guilty for fleeing arrest, reckless driving, driving without a seat belt, no vehicle license, no...
Burrow v. State - 6/21/2000
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REBRIEFING ORDERED
Appellant Brookie S. Burrow was charged with manslaughter and driving while intoxicated stemming from a car accident on July 21, 1998. Burrow was the driver of a car that...
HILL v. STATE - 5/4/2000
The Court of Appeals certified this matter for us to consider whether the doctrine of res judicata applies to probation-revocation proceedings, particularly where a prior revocation was reversed on appeal for denial of due process. Our...
IBSEN v. PLEGGE - 5/4/2000
Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition directed to the Pulaski County Circuit Court to prevent trial of the charges against him on grounds of an alleged speedy-trial violation. The State agrees that the Pulaski County Circuit Court has...
Thompson v. State - 5/3/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant Eddie Eugene Thompson appeals from an order revoking his probation and sentencing him to two years in the Arkansas Department of Correction on two cases, and twenty- three...
Strawbridge v. State - 5/3/2000
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AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED AND REMANDED
Kenneth Strawbridge was convicted at a jury trial of felony theft by receiving a pickup truck, fourth-offense driving while intoxicated (DWI), driving on a...
STATE v. MONTAGUE - 4/20/2000
The State brings this appeal as a petition for review of the decision of the Arkansas Court of Appeals in Montague v. State, 68 Ark. App. 145, 5 S.W.3d 101 (1999), in which the conviction and sentence of appellee Jimmie Don Montague...
Howard v. State - 4/19/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant, Marty Howard, was found guilty after a jury trial of driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit, reckless driving, criminal mischief, and assault in the first degree. He...
Hancock v. State - 3/23/2000
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AFFIRMED
William Ray Hancock was convicted of first degree battery and was sentenced by the trial court to twenty years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. The Court of Appeals affirmed...
Winters v. State - 3/22/2000
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AFFIRMED
On August 10, 1998, appellant Roland Winters entered a plea of nolo contendre to the felony charge of nonsupport in violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 5-26-401 (Repl. 1997). He was given a...
Adair v. State - 3/8/2000
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REVERSED AND DISMISSED
Appellant Jimmy Adair was tried by the Polk County Circuit Court and found guilty of driving while intoxicated, second offense. He brings this appeal, contending 1) that...
Hawkins v. State - 3/8/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant Nelson Edward Hawkins appeals the revocation of his probation. Appellant was placed on two years of probation for the offense of possession of a controlled substance, namely...
LEATHERWOOD v. STATE - 3/1/2000
Appellant James Don Leatherwood appeals his conviction for Felon in Possession of a Firearm. He alleges on appeal that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction. We affirm.
We review a challenge to the sufficiency...
BOSTON v. STATE - 2/16/2000
James Boston appeals from his conviction for simultaneous possession of a controlled substance and a firearm under Arkansas Code Annotated Section 5-74-106 (Repl. 1997). He argues two points for reversal. First, he contends that the...
Smith v. City of Pottsville - 2/16/2000
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AFFIRMED
Tammy B. Smith was tried and convicted by the Municipal Court of Pottsville for refusing to submit to a Breathalyzer test, leaving the scene of an accident, possession of the...
Allen v. State - 2/16/2000
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AFFIRMED
Rodney Lewis Allen was convicted by a Pulaski County jury of the felony offense of leaving the scene of an accident with injury and the misdemeanor offense of driving on a revoked or...
Hunt v. State - 2/2/2000
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AFFIRMED
Appellant Kenneth Hunt appeals his conviction for driving while intoxicated, first offense, for which he was sentenced to one day of incarceration and fined $258 plus court costs. He...
Hoggatt v. State - 1/19/2000
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AFFIRMED
A jury convicted Daniel Hoggatt of Driving While Intoxicated, fourth offense. He was sentenced to eighteen months' incarceration and fined $900. His sole argument on appeal is that...
PYLE v. STATE - 1/13/2000
Appellants Jimmy Lynn Pyle and John F. Tunnicliff appeal the judgments of the Baxter County Circuit Court convicting each of them of two counts of possession of methamphetamine and one count of simultaneous possession of drugs and...
DAVIS v. STATE - 12/22/1999
Appellant, Jimmie Leslie Davis, entered a conditional plea of guilty to the offenses of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, reserving his right to appeal the denial of his motion to...
MONTAGUE v. STATE - 12/1/1999
A jury found the appellant guilty of negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated (DWI). He appeals, contending that DWI is a lesser-included offense of negligent homicide and that the trial court erred in sentencing him separately...
STATE v. JONES - 10/14/1999
Mr. Mike J. Jones was charged with boating while intoxicated (BWI) under Ark. Code Ann. § 5-76-102 (Repl. 1997). The trial court ruled that the Arkansas Department of Health had not adopted or promulgated regulations for alcohol...
MCFARLAND v. LINDSEY - 9/23/1999
Appellant, James McFarland, sought a writ of prohibition from the Washington County Circuit Court to prevent the West Fork Municipal Court from trying him for Driving While Intoxicated and Driving off the Pavement. McFarland alleged...
BROWN v. STATE - 5/5/1999
The appellant, Angela Brown, was charged by amended information with first-degree murder in connection with the death of her child. After a jury trial, she was found guilty of second-degree murder and was sentenced to fifteen years'...
JOHNSON v. STATE - 4/8/1999
This case involves a conviction for DWI, third offense. Mr. James I. Johnson was convicted in municipal court of DWI third offense and appealed that conviction to the Cleburne County Circuit Court. After the trial court concluded that...
FULMER v. STATE - 4/8/1999
Appellant Mark Lee Fulmer appeals the order of the Faulkner County Circuit Court denying his petition to seal his criminal record pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-1207 (Supp. 1997). This appeal was certified to us from the Arkansas...
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