Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-10-102. Murder--First degree

(1) Acting alone or with one (1) or more other persons:

(2) With a purpose of causing the death of another person, the person causes the death of another person; or

(3) The person knowingly causes the death of a person fourteen (14) years of age or younger at the time the murder was committed.

(1) Did not commit the homicidal act or in any way solicit, command, induce, procure, counsel, or aid the homicidal act's commission;

(2) Was not armed with a deadly weapon;

(3) Reasonably believed that no other participant was armed with a deadly weapon; and

(4) Reasonably believed that no other participant intended to engage in conduct that could result in death or serious physical injury.

(c)(1) Murder in the first degree is a Class Y felony.

(2) Unless the application of § 16-93-621 results in a person's being eligible for parole or transfer to post-release supervision at an earlier date, if a person was younger than eighteen (18) years of age at the time he or she committed murder in the first degree and is sentenced to life imprisonment, the person is eligible for parole or post-release supervision after serving a minimum of twenty-five (25) years' imprisonment.