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Burns v. State

Citations

  • 793 S.W.2d 779
  • 303 Ark. 64
  • 13 A.L.R. 5th 1117
  • 1990 Ark. LEXIS 383

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  • holding that Act 715 does not violate petitioner’s “due process or equal protection rights,” is not “an ex post facto law, as it is not focused on the crimes committed by [the petitioner], nor is it additional punishment,” and does not constitute a bill of attainder
  • law requiring forfeiture of prisoner’s estate for reimbursement of costs of prisoner’s care not due process violation
  • equal protection challenge to statute authorizing county jails to charge prisoners for medical services subject to rational basis review

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Judges: Holt

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