THOMPSON V. STATE
| Docket Number | No. CR-13-1067 |
| Decision Date | 09 October 2014 |
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9 cases
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Burgess v. State
...of statutory interpretation de novo because it is our responsibility to determine what a statute means. See, e.g., Thompson v. State, 2014 Ark. 413, 464 S.W.3d 111 ; Buckley v. State, 349 Ark. 53, 76 S.W.3d 825 (2002). As Burgess correctly points out, sentencing is controlled entirely by st......
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Rea v. State
...2011 Ark. 112, 380 S.W.3d 395. We construe criminal statutes strictly, resolving any doubts in favor of the defendant. Thompson v. State, 2014 Ark. 413, 464 S.W.3d 111. However, even strict construction of penal statutes does not override the primary consideration of all statutory construct......
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State v. Torres
...and conveys a clear and definite meaning, there is no occasion to resort to the rules of statutory interpretation. Thompson v. State , 2014 Ark. 413, 464 S.W.3d 111. Significantly, penal statutes are to be strictly construed with all doubts resolved in favor of the defendant. Smith v. State......
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Smith v. State
...favor of the defendant. "We construe criminal statutes strictly, resolving any doubts in favor of the defendant." Thompson v. State , 2014 Ark. 413, at 5, 464 S.W.3d 111, 114 (Arkansas Supreme Court ruling that defendant could not be convicted under statute for felony failure to appear when......
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