Arkansas Code, Commentaries B

566 Pages·1995·42.7 MB·English

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Arkansas Code
OF
1987
Annotated
COMMENTARIES
1995 Replacement
Volume B
°repared by the Staffofthe Arkansas Code Revision Commission
William S. Arnold, Chairman
Douglas O. Smith, Jr.
William H. (Buddy) Sutton
Leonard Strickman, Dean, University ofArkansas,
Fayetteville, School of Law
Howard B. Eisenberg, Dean, University ofArkansas
at Little Rock, School ofLaw
Tom Gay, SeniorAssistantAttorney General
Ex
Officio
Senator Mike Beebe
Representative Mike Wilson
The Michie Company
Law Publishers
Charlottesville, Virginia
1995
©
Copyright 1989, 1995
BY
The State of Arkansas
All Rights Reserved
Arkansas Code Revision Commission Preface
In preparingtheArkansas Code of1987, theArkansas Code Revision
Commission has triedto determine which parts oftheArkansas Code of
1987 are derivedfrom uniform acts, model acts, andotheracts prepared
by various organizations and adopted by theArkansas General Assem-
bly for which official commentaries were prepared. When available, the
official commentaries to the various uniform, model, and other acts
have been collected and notes insertedbythe commission to explainthe
additions, deletions, and changes made in the texts of the acts as
adopted in Arkansas. These commentaries and additional notes by the
commission are published for the convenience of practitioners in
Arkansas.
Every efforthas been made to assure the accuracy ofthe commission-
addednotestothe commentaries; however, the commission-addednotes
are not official commentaries and should not be relied upon to the same
extent as the official commentaries.
When the Arkansas General Assembly enacted the Arkansas Crimi-
nal Code of1975, it considered the official commentary by the Criminal
Code Revision Commission along with the text of the then-proposed
Criminal Code. Since adoption of the Criminal Code in 1975, Frank
Newell, one ofthe original drafters oftheArkansas Criminal Code, has
prepared and published commentaries to the Criminal Code explaining
changes made to the Criminal Code by theArkansas GeneralAssembly
since its adoption and court decisions interpreting the Criminal Code.
The commentaries by Frank Newell, although not official, have been
included and may be helpful to practitioners in Arkansas.
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Publisher's Preface
The two Commentaries volumes of the Arkansas Code of 1987
Annotated reprint commentaries to various uniform laws, model acts,
etc., which are codified in the Code. Permission to reprint these
commentaries was obtained by the Arkansas Code Revision Commis-
sion. The text of the commentaries was provided by the staff of the
Arkansas Code Revision Commission; footnotes were also reviewed or
added by the Commission.
Suggestions, comments, or questions about this or any other volume
ofthe Code are welcome. You may call our toll-free number, 1-800-446-
3410, fax us toll free at 1-800-643-1280, orwrite:Arkansas Code Editor,
The Michie Company, P.O. Box 7587, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22906-
7587.
THE MICHIE COMPANY