§ 16-89-126. Verdict generally
(a) When the jury has agreed upon their verdict, they must be conducted into court by the officer having them in charge, their names called by the clerk, and, if they all appear, their foreman must declare their verdict. (b) The jury may render either a general or a special verdict. (c) A general verdict […]
§ 16-89-111. Evidence generally
(a) The state shall first offer the evidence in support of an indictment or information. (b) The defendant or his or her counsel shall then offer the defendant’s evidence in support of his or her defense. (c) The parties may then respectively offer rebutting evidence only, unless the court for good reason, in furtherance of […]
§ 16-89-127. Verdict — Misdemeanor included in felony
When an offense is charged in an indictment to have been committed with peculiar circumstances as to time, place, person, property, value, motive, or intention, the offense, without the circumstances, or with part only, is included in the offense, although that charge may be a felony, and the offense, without the circumstances, a misdemeanor only.
§ 16-89-112. Evidence — Proof of certain acts or facts
(a) In trials for treason, no evidence shall be given of an overt act that is not expressly laid in the indictment, and no conviction shall be had unless one (1) or more overt acts are alleged therein. (b) In trials of indictments for conspiracy, in cases where an overt act is required by law […]
§ 16-89-113. Evidence — Acquittal upon certain insufficient evidence
(a) In all cases where, by law, two (2) witnesses, or one (1) witness with corroborating circumstances are requisite to warrant a conviction, the court shall instruct the jury to render a verdict of acquittal if the requisition is not fulfilled, by which instruction they are bound. (b) (1) Where two (2) or more persons […]
§ 16-89-114. Documents — Production generally
Upon motion of either party, the court by its order and process may compel the production of any written document or any other thing which may be necessary or proper to be produced or exhibited as evidence on trial and may punish a disobedience of its orders or process as in case of witnesses refusing […]
§ 16-89-115. Documents — Production where in possession of state
(a) In any criminal prosecution brought by the State of Arkansas, no statement or report in the possession of the state which was made by a state witness or prospective state witness, other than the defendant, to an agent of the state shall be subject to subpoena, discovery, or inspection until the witness has testified […]
§ 16-89-116. Documents — Discovery and inspection
(a) Upon motion of a defendant, the court may order the prosecuting attorney to permit the defendant to inspect and copy or photograph any relevant: (1) Written or recorded statements or confessions made by the defendant, or copies thereof, within the possession, custody, or control of the state, the existence of which is known or […]
§ 16-89-117. Limitation of witness fees in misdemeanor trials
In no trial of any misdemeanor in circuit court shall the fees of more than five (5) witnesses be taxed against any county or the state unless their materiality and importance are first affirmed and certified to, under oath, by the attorney at whose instance the additional witnesses are subpoenaed.
§ 16-89-118. Conduct of jury
(a) (1) In the discretion of the court, the jurors may be permitted to separate or be kept together in the charge of proper officers before the case is submitted to them. The officers must be sworn to keep the jury together during the adjournment of the court and to suffer no person to speak […]