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2020 Arkansas Code
Title 5 - Criminal Offenses
Subtitle 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 4 - Disposition of Offenders
Subchapter 6 - Trial and Sentence — Capital Murder
§ 5-4-601. Legislative intent
Universal Citation: AR Code § 5-4-601 (2020)
(a) In enacting this subchapter, it is the intent of the General Assembly to specify the procedures and standards pursuant to which a sentencing body shall conform in making a determination as to whether a sentence of death is to be imposed upon a conviction of capital murder.
(b) If the provisions of this subchapter respecting sentencing procedures are held invalid with regard to the imposition of a sentence of death or a sentence of death is declared to be invalid per se, it is the intent of the General Assembly that:
(1) Capital murder is punishable by life imprisonment without parole; and
(2) The procedures and findings required by §§ 5-4-602 — 5-4-605, 5-4-607, and 5-4-608 are deemed repealed and of no effect.
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