Howard Togo Wood Jr. v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court held that it had jurisdiction over Wood’s appeal because criminal posttrial-motion and appellate deadlines, rather than the civil ten-day deadline, governed the proceeding. It further held that the no-contact condition was unauthorized when imposed because the governing law at the time of the offense did not permit such a condition for an incarcerated defendant, but that the illegal condition did not invalidate the conviction or prison sentence. The case was remanded for removal of the no-contact provision.