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Arkansas Code Title 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts § 16-89-111. Evidence generally

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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 justice, permits them to offer evidence upon their original cases.

(d) A confession of a defendant, unless made in open court, does not warrant a conviction unless:

(1) Accompanied with other proof that the offense was committed; or

(2) Supported by substantial independent evidence that would tend to establish the trustworthiness of the confession.

(e)(1)(A) A conviction or an adjudication of delinquency may not be had in any case of felony upon the testimony of an accomplice, including in the juvenile division of circuit court, unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant or the juvenile with the commission of the offense.

(B) The corroboration under subdivision (e)(1)(A) of this section is not sufficient if it merely shows that the offense was committed and the circumstances of the offense.

(2) However, a conviction may be had in misdemeanor cases upon the testimony of an accomplice.

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