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      "Jo Ann COOK v. City of PINE BLUFF"
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        "text": "Robert H. Dudley, Justice.\nThe Pine Bluff Police Department was in the process of having appellant\u2019s car towed away when appellant began to strenuously object. As a result of appellant\u2019s actions, she was charged with the misdemeanors of obstruction of government operations, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. The charges were pending in municipal court when appellant moved for a jury trial. The municipal judge transferred the case to circuit court. Appellant filed numerous motions. Eventually the City moved to nolle prosse the three charges. On September 9, 1993, the circuit judge granted leave to the City to dismiss the charges. Appellant seeks to appeal from the order dismissing the charges. We dismiss the appeal.\nNo judgment of conviction was entered against appellant because the charges were dismissed. The Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure give \u201cany person convicted of a misdemeanor\u201d in circuit court the right of appeal to an appellate court. A.R.Cr.P. Rule 36.1 (emphasis supplied). The rule requires a person to be convicted of an offense before he or she has a right to an appeal. In addition, none of appellant\u2019s points of appeal are shown to have been decided by the circuit court. If we determined those issues we would be making original decisions. We decline to make original, as distinguished from appellate, decisions. See Trice v. City of Pine Bluff, 282 Ark. 251, 667 S.W.2d 952 (1984); Weston v. State, 265 Ark. 58, 576 S.W.2d 705, cert. denied 444 U.S. 965 (1979).\nAppeal dismissed.",
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      "Winston Bryant, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Brad Newman, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Jo Ann COOK v. City of PINE BLUFF\n93-1342\n885 S.W.2d 7\nSupreme Court of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered October 10, 1994\nAppellant, pro se.\nWinston Bryant, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Brad Newman, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee."
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