FAYETTEVILLE -- A federal lawsuit against a district judge in Benton County for failing to appoint lawyers for defendants at first appearance hearings should not be granted class action status, according to a response from public defenders Monday.
BENTONVILLE -- Martin Tavarez-Torres was found mentally fit to stand trial Monday, but his attorney wants a mental evaluation to determine whether he understand his actions were criminal when his coworker was murdered.
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BENTONVILLE -- A Rogers man was placed on five years of state-supervised probation after admitting to breaking into a fire station and stealing a vehicle.
BENTONVILLE -- A Rogers man was placed on five years of state-supervised probation after admitting to breaking into a fire station and stealing a vehicle.
An Arkansas federal judge has kept alive a suit challenging a state court's failure to appoint counsel to indigent clients prior to their bail hearings, saying the defendants can't escape the claims based on sovereign immunity and declaring that appointed counsel provides "critical assistance" during a bail hearing.
BENTONVILLE -- A local circuit judge on Monday ordered Joshua Taylor to be held on $1 million bond in the Benton County Jail after his arrest in connection with killing a man said to be Taylor's nephew.