Schnarr v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
2018 Ark. 333
CHRISTOPHER AARON SCHNARR v. STATE OF ARKANSAS
No. CR-18-161.---Delivered: Nov. 29, 2018
Appeal from Pulaski County Circuit Court, the Honorable J. Leon Johnson, Judge; reversed and remanded.
Jeff Rosenzweig, for appellant.
Leslie Rutledge, Att’y Gen., by: Adam Jackson, Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.
Opinion of the court by Justice KAREN R. BAKER. Dissenting opinions by Justices RHONDA K. WOOD and ROBIN F. WYNNE, each joined by Chief Justice JOHN DAN KEMP.
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