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16-89-121. Facts charged do not constitute offense.
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16-89-121. Facts charged do not constitute offense.
If, during the trial, the court is of the opinion that the facts charged in the indictment do not constitute an offense punishable by law, it shall order the jury to be discharged and the indictment to be quashed, and thereupon take the proceedings directed in § 16-89-113(b).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-89-121
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16-89-121. Facts charged do not constitute offense.
If, during the trial, the court is of the opinion that the facts charged in the indictment do not constitute an offense punishable by law, it shall order the jury to be discharged and the indictment to be quashed, and thereupon take the proceedings directed in § 16-89-113(b).
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-89-113. Evidence — Acquittal upon certain insufficient evidence.
(a) In all cases where, by law, two (2) witnesses, or one (1) witness with corroborating circumstances are requisite to warrant a conviction, the court shall instruct the jury to render a verdict of acquittal if the requisition is not fulfilled, by which instruction they are bound.
(b)(1) Where two (2) or more persons are included in the same indictment, and the court is of the opinion that the evidence in regard to a particular individual is not sufficient to put him or her on his or her defense, it must, on motion of either party desiring to use the defendant as a witness, order him or her to be discharged from the indictment and permit him or her to be examined by the party so moving.
(2) The order is an acquittal of the defendant and a bar to another prosecution for the same offense.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-89-113
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-89-113. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.