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9-27-510. Division of Correction — Placement.
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9-27-510. Division of Correction — Placement.
(a)(1) A juvenile who has received an adult sentence to the Division of Correction shall not be transported to the Division of Correction until the juvenile is sixteen (16) years of age.
(2) If a juvenile receives a sentence to the Division of Correction before the juvenile's sixteenth birthday, the juvenile shall be housed by the Division of Youth Services until that date, except as provided by court order or parole decision made by the Parole Board.
(b) A juvenile sentenced in the criminal division of circuit court who is less than sixteen (16) years of age when sentenced shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Youth Services until his or her sixteenth birthday, at which time he or she shall be transferred to the Division of Correction.
(c)(1)(A) Juveniles sentenced to the Division of Correction pursuant to extended juvenile jurisdiction are subject to parole as any other inmate within the Division of Correction.
(B) Juveniles adjudicated for capital murder, § 5-10-101, or murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, are subject to parole.
(2) Juveniles will be given credit for time served in a juvenile detention or juvenile facility against any adult sentence.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-27-510
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9-27-510. Division of Correction — Placement.
(a)(1) A juvenile who has received an adult sentence to the Division of Correction shall not be transported to the Division of Correction until the juvenile is sixteen (16) years of age.
(2) If a juvenile receives a sentence to the Division of Correction before the juvenile's sixteenth birthday, the juvenile shall be housed by the Division of Youth Services until that date, except as provided by court order or parole decision made by the Parole Board.
(b) A juvenile sentenced in the criminal division of circuit court who is less than sixteen (16) years of age when sentenced shall be committed to the custody of the Division of Youth Services until his or her sixteenth birthday, at which time he or she shall be transferred to the Division of Correction.
(c)(1)(A) Juveniles sentenced to the Division of Correction pursuant to extended juvenile jurisdiction are subject to parole as any other inmate within the Division of Correction.
(B) Juveniles adjudicated for capital murder, § 5-10-101, or murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, are subject to parole.
(2) Juveniles will be given credit for time served in a juvenile detention or juvenile facility against any adult sentence.
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5-10-101. Capital murder.
(a) A person commits capital murder if:
(1) Acting alone or with one (1) or more other persons:
(A) The person commits or attempts to commit:
(i) Terrorism, as defined in § 5-54-205;
(ii) Rape, § 5-14-103;
(iii) Kidnapping, § 5-11-102;
(iv) Vehicular piracy, § 5-11-105;
(v) Robbery, § 5-12-102;
(vi) Aggravated robbery, § 5-12-103;
(vii) Residential burglary, § 5-39-201(a);
(viii) Commercial burglary, § 5-39-201(b);
(ix) Aggravated residential burglary, § 5-39-204;
(x) A felony violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, §§ 5-64-101 — 5-64-508, involving an actual delivery of a controlled substance; or
(xi) First degree escape, § 5-54-110; and
(B) In the course of and in furtherance of the felony or in immediate flight from the felony, the person or an accomplice causes the death of a person under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life;
(2) Acting alone or with one (1) or more other persons:
(A) The person commits or attempts to commit arson, § 5-38-301; and
(B) In the course of and in furtherance of the felony or in immediate flight from the felony, the person or an accomplice causes the death of any person;
(3) With the premeditated and deliberated purpose of causing the death of any law enforcement officer, jailer, prison official, firefighter, judge or other court official, probation officer, parole officer, any military personnel, or teacher or school employee, when such person is acting in the line of duty, the person causes the death of any person;
(4) With the premeditated and deliberated purpose of causing the death of another person, the person causes the death of any person;
(5) With the premeditated and deliberated purpose of causing the death of the
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-10-101
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 5-10-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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5-10-102. Murder in the first degree.
(a) A person commits murder in the first degree if:
(1) Acting alone or with one (1) or more other persons:
(A) The person commits or attempts to commit a felony; and
(B) In the course of and in the furtherance of the felony or in immediate flight from the felony, the person or an accomplice causes the death of any person under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life;
(2) With a purpose of causing the death of another person, the person causes the death of another person; or
(3) The person knowingly causes the death of a person fourteen (14) years of age or younger at the time the murder was committed.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to any prosecution under subdivision (a)(1) of this section for an offense in which the defendant was not the only participant that the defendant:
(1) Did not commit the homicidal act or in any way solicit, command, induce, procure, counsel, or aid the homicidal act's commission;
(2) Was not armed with a deadly weapon;
(3) Reasonably believed that no other participant was armed with a deadly weapon; and
(4) Reasonably believed that no other participant intended to engage in conduct that could result in death or serious physical injury.
(c)(1) Murder in the first degree is a Class Y felony.
(2) Unless the application of § 16-93-621 results in a person's being eligible for parole at an earlier date, if a person was younger than eighteen (18) years of age at the time he or she committed murder in the first degree and is sentenced to life imprisonment, the person is eligible for parole after serving a minimum of twenty-five (25) years' imprisonment.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-10-102
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 5-10-102. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.