Sandra Nance, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. State of Arkansas, Appellee/cross-Appellant — Baker, J., Dissenting

Summary

Justice Baker dissents from the majority's conclusion that the circuit court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over the State's action concerning property seized in connection with Nance's felony prosecution. She reasons that the Arkansas Constitution grants circuit courts original jurisdiction over justiciable matters not otherwise assigned, and that a statute assigning jurisdiction to district courts cannot strip the circuit court of that constitutional jurisdiction. She also concludes that the circuit court had jurisdiction under the applicable criminal-procedure rule and that the appeal should have been decided on the merits.