Arkansas Court of Appeals

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The Arkansas Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Arkansas’s judiciary, reviewing decisions from lower state courts before potential review by the Arkansas Supreme Court.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intermediate appellate court ⓘ
state court ⓘ
appealTo Arkansas Supreme Court ⓘ
bindingAuthorityOn Arkansas trial courts ⓘ
cannot conduct jury trials ⓘ
hear original criminal prosecutions ⓘ
citationAbbreviation Ark. App. ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Amendment 58 to the Arkansas Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
courtType error-correcting court ⓘ
createdBy Arkansas General Assembly ⓘ
decidesCasesBy majority vote of panel ⓘ
established 1979 ⓘ
governingLaw Arkansas Constitution ⓘ
Arkansas statutes ⓘ
governingRules Arkansas Rules of Appellate Procedure ⓘ
Arkansas Supreme Court Rules ⓘ
handles administrative agency appeals ⓘ
civil appeals ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ
domestic relations appeals ⓘ
probate appeals ⓘ
workers’ compensation appeals ⓘ
hasChiefJudge Chief Judge of the Arkansas Court of Appeals ⓘ
hasJudgeTitle Judge of the Arkansas Court of Appeals ⓘ
hasWebsite https://arcourts.gov/courts/court-of-appeals ⓘ
hearsCasesFrom Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission ⓘ
Arkansas circuit courts ⓘ
higherCourt Arkansas Supreme Court ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Arkansas ⓘ
linked to: Arkansas
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
location Little Rock, Arkansas ⓘ
maySit en banc in some circumstances ⓘ
numberOfJudges 12 ⓘ
organizedInto 6 judicial districts ⓘ
panels of three judges ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Arkansas ⓘ
primaryFunction review of lower court decisions for legal error ⓘ
publishes opinions of the Arkansas Court of Appeals ⓘ
regionServed entire State of Arkansas ⓘ
reviews decisions of Arkansas administrative agencies ⓘ
decisions of Arkansas trial courts ⓘ
seat Justice Building, Little Rock, Arkansas ⓘ
selectionMethod nonpartisan election ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy Arkansas Supreme Court ⓘ
successorConstitutionalAuthority Amendment 80 to the Arkansas Constitution ⓘ
termLength 8 years ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arkansas state government → intermediateAppellateCourt → Arkansas Court of Appeals ⓘ
Arkansas Supreme Court → reviewsDecisionsOf → Arkansas Court of Appeals ⓘ
Judicial branch of Arkansas → hasPart → Arkansas Court of Appeals ⓘ
Judiciary of Arkansas → hasAppellateCourt → Arkansas Court of Appeals ⓘ
Judiciary of Arkansas → hasIntermediateAppellateCourt → Arkansas Court of Appeals ⓘ
Judiciary of Arkansas → oversees → Arkansas state appellate courts ⓘ
linked to: Arkansas Court of Appeals