Arkansas Code Title 5, Subtitle 1, Chapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 5-1-101 - Title.
  This act shall be known as the "Arkansas Criminal Code".
• § 5-1-102 - Definitions.
  As used in the Arkansas Criminal Code: (1) "Act" or "action" means the same as defined in § 5-2-201; (2) "Actor" includes, when appropriate,...
• § 5-1-103 - Applicability to Offenses Generally.
  (a) The provisions of the Arkansas Criminal Code govern a prosecution for any offense defined by the Arkansas Criminal Code and committed after January...
• § 5-1-104 - Territorial Applicability.
  (a) A person may be convicted under a law of this state of an offense committed by his or her own or another person's...
• § 5-1-105 - Offenses -- Court Authority Not Limited.
  (a) An offense is conduct for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment or fine or both is authorized by statute.(b) An offense...
• § 5-1-106 - Felonies.
  (a) An offense is a felony if the offense is designated a felony by: (1) The Arkansas Criminal Code; or (2) A statute not...
• § 5-1-107 - Misdemeanors.
  (a) An offense is a misdemeanor if the offense is: (1) Designated a misdemeanor by the Arkansas Criminal Code; (2) Designated a misdemeanor by...
• § 5-1-108 - Violations.
  (a) An offense is a violation if the offense is designated a violation by: (1) The Arkansas Criminal Code; or (2) A statute not...
• § 5-1-109 - Statute of Limitations.
  (a) (1) A prosecution for the following offenses may be commenced at any time: (A) Capital murder, § 5-10-101; (B) Murder in the first...
• § 5-1-110 - Conduct Constituting More Than One Offense -- Prosecution.
  (a) When the same conduct of a defendant may establish the commission of more than one (1) offense, the defendant may be prosecuted for...
• § 5-1-111 - Burden of Proof -- Defenses and Affirmative Defenses -- Presumption.
  (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, no person may be convicted of an offense unless the following...
• § 5-1-112 - Affirmative Defense -- Former Prosecution for Same Offense.
  A former prosecution is an affirmative defense to a subsequent prosecution for the same offense under any of the following circumstances: (1) (A) The...
• § 5-1-113 - Affirmative Defense -- Former Prosecution for Different Offense.
  A former prosecution is an affirmative defense to a subsequent prosecution for a different offense under the following circumstances: (1) The former prosecution resulted...
• § 5-1-114 - Affirmative Defense -- Former Prosecution in Another Jurisdiction.
  When conduct constitutes an offense within the concurrent jurisdiction of this state and of the United States or another state or territory of the...
• § 5-1-115 - Former Prosecutions that are Not Affirmative Defenses.
  A former prosecution is not an affirmative defense within the meaning of §§ 5-1-112 -- 5-1-114 under any of the following circumstances: (1) The...
• § 5-1-116 - [Repealed.]
• § 5-1-117 -- 5-1-124 - [Reserved.]
• § 5-1-125 - [Repealed.]

Last modified: November 15, 2016