State of Arkansas v. V.h.

Summary

The court held that the State could appeal the circuit court’s order removing V.H.’s name from the sex-offender registry without complying with the criminal-appeal rule because the appeal arose from a civil collateral proceeding. It also held that the governing statute permitted V.H. to petition for removal after turning twenty-one and that the circuit court therefore had jurisdiction to grant relief when he was twenty-five. Justice Hoofman, joined by Justices Baker and Hart, dissented, concluding that the appeal was improper under the rules governing State appeals in juvenile-delinquency cases.