Melissa McCann Arms, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The court reversed and dismissed Melissa McCann Arms's conviction for introducing methamphetamine into her newborn's body. It held that the statute did not extend the definition of person to an unborn child outside the expressly identified homicide provisions, and the evidence did not establish an active introduction of methamphetamine into the child after birth. Chief Justice Brill and Justice Wood, concurring, agreed with reversal and dismissal but offered narrower or different reasoning concerning passive transfer and statutory construction.