Siegel v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant's appeal from the circuit court's orders denying her motions to declare Ark. Code Ann. 5-62-106 (disposition of animal) and Ark. Code Ann. 5-62-111 (prevention of cruelty) unconstitutional and conditionally granting her motion for return of seized property, holding that there was no final, appealable order in this case.
Appellant was convicted of thirty-one misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals. The circuit court subsequently dismissed the charges on speedy-trial grounds. The State appealed, and the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal on the grounds that it was not authorized. Appellant had filed motions seeking a declaration that sections 5-62-106 and -111 are unconstitutional and seeking the return of her seized property. The circuit court denied the constitutional claims and entered a conditional order granting Appellant's motion for return of seized property. Appellant appealed. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, holding that because the conditional order did not make specific findings as to the return of the property or as to damages and because it expressly left open the possibility of further proceedings, there was no final, appealable order in this case.
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