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Information concerning Criminal Court matters, such as
cut-off dates for Circuit Court Appearance Dates, filing criminal informations, et cetera, for the First Judicial Circuit of Arkansas
will be posted here.

This page should be viewed on a routine basis so that the reader will have access to the latest information regarding Criminal Court matters in the First Judicial Circuit.

Defense attorneys and defendants should use this chart rather than contacting the Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutor, the Circuit Clerk, or the Circuit Court Criminal Case Coordinator to determine the applicable Plea and Arraignment date, absent other Orders of the Court.

St. Francis County Criminal Court Schedule
for Plea and Arraignment Day for a defendant.
(Circuit Court begins promptly at 9:00 a..m.)

COLUMN I DISTRICT COURT DATE (If the defendant appeared in District Court on a felony charge between the following dates, he/she SHALL appear in Circuit Court on the date found on the corresponding line in Column II.)	COLUMN II CIRCUIT COURT PLEA & ARRAIGNMENT DAY (Based on the District Court appearance date found in Column I, the defendant SHALL appear in Circuit Court on the corresponding date shown below at 8:45 a.m.)	PRESIDING JUDGE
12/01/07 to 1/17/08	1/25/08	Judge Simes
1/18/08 to 3/07/08	3/19/08	Judge Simes
3/08/08 to 4/01/08	4/14/08	Judge Yates
4/02/08 to 5/02/08	5/16/08	Judge Yates
5/03/08 to 6/06/08	6/19/08	Judge Yates
6/07/08 to 6/30/08	7/10/08	Judge Simes
7/01/08 to 8/01/08	8/15/08	Judge Simes
8/02/08 to 9/05/08	9/17/08	Judge Simes
9/06/08 to 10/01/08	10/14/08	Judge Yates
10/02/08 to 11/03/08	11/10/08	Judge Yates