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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 5 - Criminal Offenses
Subtitle 6 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, or Welfare
Chapter 79 - Body Armor
§ 5-79-101. Criminal possession of body armor
Universal Citation: AR Code § 5-79-101 (2017)
- (a) A person commits criminal possession of body armor if the person knowingly possesses body armor and he or she:
- (1) Has been found guilty of or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any of the following offenses:
- (A) Capital murder, § 5-10-101;
- (B) Murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102;
- (C) Murder in the second degree, § 5-10-103;
- (D) Manslaughter, § 5-10-104;
- (E) Aggravated robbery, § 5-12-103;
- (F) Battery in the first degree, § 5-13-201;
- (G) Aggravated assault, § 5-13-204;
- (H) A felony violation of § 5-64-401 et seq.; or
- (I) Aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer or an employee of a correctional facility, § 5-13-211, if a Class Y felony; or
- (2) Is committing or attempts to commit:
- (A) A felony involving violence as defined in § 5-4-501(d)(2);
- (B) Capital murder, § 5-10-101, manslaughter, § 5-10-104, or negligent homicide, § 5-10-105;
- (C) False imprisonment in the first degree, § 5-11-103, false imprisonment in the second degree, § 5-11-104, vehicular piracy, § 5-11-105, or permanent detention or restraint, § 5-11-106;
- (D) Robbery, § 5-12-102;
- (E) Battery in the second degree, § 5-13-202; or
- (F) Trafficking of persons, § 5-18-103.
- (1) Has been found guilty of or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any of the following offenses:
- (b) As used in this section, "body armor" means any material designed to be worn on the body and to provide bullet penetration resistance.
- (c) Criminal possession of body armor is a Class D felony.
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