Supreme Court of Arkansas

State of Arkansas, Appellant v. Christopher Martin, Appellee — Kemp, J., Concurring

March 2, 20172017 Ark. LEXIS 54

Summary

The concurrence agrees that the State's appeal should be dismissed but would dismiss it for lack of a proper State appeal rather than reach the merits. It reasons that the directed verdict involved applying search-and-seizure law to the particular facts, creating a mixed question of law and fact outside the limited scope of appeals permitted to the State. The concurrence therefore concludes that the appeal did not implicate the uniform administration or interpretation of criminal law.