§ 16-10-130 - Precedence given to criminal trials when victim under age of fourteen.
16-10-130. Precedence given to criminal trials when victim under age of fourteen.
Notwithstanding any rule of court to the contrary and in furtherance of the purposes of Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 27.1, all courts of this state having jurisdiction of criminal offenses, except for extraordinary circumstances, shall give precedence to the trials of criminal offenses over other matters before the court, civil or criminal, when the alleged victim is a person under the age of fourteen (14).