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Larry Vaught
Larry Vaught was a judge for District 6 Position 2 of the Arkansas Court of Appeals. He assumed office in 2001. He left office on December 31, 2022.
Vaught was first elected to the court in 2000, assuming office in January 2001.[1][2] Vaught won re-election to the court of appeals in 2014.[3]
He was the chief judge from 2009 to 2012. Robert Gladwin replaced Vaught as chief judge when his term expired on December 31, 2012.[4]
On April 28, 2021, Vaught announced he would not seek re-election in 2022 to his Arkansas Court of Appeals seat.[5]
Biography
Education
Vaught earned his B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1969, and his J.D. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law in 1979. He taught public school for eight years prior to attending law school.[2]
Professional career
Vaught was a deputy prosecuting attorney for the Sixth Judicial District from 1979 to 1982. He was in private practice from 1982 to 1989, and worked as a civil attorney for Pulaski County from 1989 to 1993.
Judicial career
Vaught was elected to the Pulaski County Municipal Court bench in 1993 where he served for seven years. In 2000, he was elected to the Arkansas Court of Appeals from District 6 for a four-year term beginning January 2001. He was re-elected to eight-year terms in 2006 and 2014. Vaught served as chief judge of the Arkansas Court of Appeals from 2009 to 2013.[2][3]
Elections
2022
Larry Vaught did not file to run for re-election.
2014
See also: Arkansas judicial elections, 2014
Vaught ran for election to the court of appeals.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on May 20, 2014.
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About the court
| Arkansas Court of Appeals | |||
 | |||
| Court information | |||
| Judges: | 12 | ||
| Founded: | 1978 | ||
| Salary: | Associates: $197,596[7] | ||
| Judicial selection | |||
| Method: | Nonpartisan election of judges | ||
| Term: | 8 years | ||
The Arkansas Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Arkansas. The court was established by Amendment 58 to the Arkansas Constitution in 1978. It is composed of 12 judges who are elected in nonpartisan elections from seven appellate court districts to serve renewable eight-year terms.[8]
All cases to be appealed are generally filed with the Arkansas Court of Appeals. The types of appeals that are not heard by the Arkansas Court of Appeals, but are instead under the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Supreme Court, are appeals regarding:
- the interpretation or construction of the Constitution of Arkansas;
- criminal appeals in which the death penalty or life imprisonment has been imposed;
- petitions for quo warranto, prohibition, injunction or mandamus directed to the state, county or municipal officials or to circuit courts;
- elections and election procedures;
- discipline of attorneys-at-law and/or arising under the power of the Arkansas Supreme Court to regulate the practice of law;
- discipline and disability of judges;
- second or subsequent appeals following an appeal which has been decided in the Arkansas Supreme Court; and
- appeals required by law to be heard by the Arkansas Supreme Court.[9]
There is no immediate right to appeal a decision made by the Arkansas Court of Appeals to the Arkansas Supreme Court. Instead, an appeal to the Arkansas Supreme Court may be granted if the party seeking a review of an opinion applies for an appeal, if the Arkansas Court of Appeals certifies the right to an appeal or if the Arkansas Supreme Court finds that it, itself, should have been assigned the original appeal.[8]
Noteworthy cases
Limitations on Arkansas game warden stops (2014)
Vaught wrote for a 6-3 majority of the court that suppressed evidence in the case of Jimmy Paul Pickle, who was stopped, detained, and searched while duck hunting in 2012. Wardens arrested Pickle after an initial stop to look for his license revealed that Pickle had a small amount of methamphetamine and a glass pipe used for smoking meth. Pickle initially sought to have the evidence suppressed in a lower court, arguing that his constitutional rights were violated. Vaught wrote that "in those rare instances in which reasonable suspicion is not required, a different sort of safeguard must be in place: the stop or search must be conducted under a plan of explicit, neutral limitations that prevent the officers from exercising unbridled discretion."[10]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Act 1812 of 2003, "An Act to Reapportion the Court of Appeals Districts," April 11, 2003
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Arkansas Judiciary, "Judge Larry D. Vaught biography," accessed August 28, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Our Voices Arkansas, "Arkansas Judiciary 101: Court of Appeals Judges," accessed August 28, 2015
- ↑ Magnolia Reporter, "Robert Gladwin new chief judge of Arkansas Court of Appeals," December 5, 2012
- ↑ Arkansas Democrat Gazette, "Won't seek new terms, 2 appeals judges say," April 29, 2021
- ↑ Arkansas Online, "2014 Election Filings," March 3, 2014
- ↑ The salary of the chief judge may be higher than an associate judge.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Arkansas Judiciary, "Court of Appeals," accessed May 8, 2015
- ↑ The Arkansas Judiciary, "Rule 1-2. Appellate jurisdiction of the supreme court and court of appeals," accessed May 8, 2015
- ↑ Arkansas News, "Court: Game wardens don’t have ‘unbridled discretion’ to stop hunters," December 17, 2014
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas
State courts:
Arkansas Supreme Court • Arkansas Court of Appeals • Arkansas Circuit Courts • Arkansas District Courts • Arkansas City Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arkansas • Arkansas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arkansas
