# Ring v. State

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · March 27, 1995 · 320 Ark. 128

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9670980

## Case

- **Full name:** Alan RING, Jr. v. STATE of Arkansas
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** March 27, 1995
- **Citations:** 320 Ark. 128; 894 S.W.2d 944; 1995 Ark. LEXIS 179
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Brown
- **Judges:** Glaze, Corbin, Brown, Newbern, Roaf
- **Cited by:** 33 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Robert L. Brown, Justice, concurring. Because the confession of Ring may have been admissible if Ring was tried as an adult but would not have been in juvenile court, it was error to admit it for purposes of the juvenile transfer hearing. Regardless, though, the circuit judge made his ruling concerning the seriousness and violence employed in the alleged crime based on the charge brought against Ring — not his confession. As the majority opinion emphasizes, that is enough to sustain a decision not to transfer. Hence, I concur in the affirmance while recognizing the error in allowing the confession into evidence at the hearing.

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