Spires v. State (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAppellant pled guilty to two counts of theft of property valued at over $2,500 for the theft of lottery tickets and one count of felony fraud for the cashing of the lottery tickets. The circuit court ordered that Appellant pay restitution to Mallard Express and to the Arkansas Lottery Commission. Appellant appealed, arguing that the order of restitution amounted to double restitution and that the State had failed to show that the Commission had suffered an economic loss. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding (1) the rules did not allow Appellant to appeal from her guilty plea, and (2) none of the exceptions to the rule that a defendant cannot appeal from a guilty plea applied.
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