Jerry Linton v. State of Arkansas

2025 Ark. App. 498

Opinion

Cite as 2025 Ark. App. 498 ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION I No. CR-24-841

JERRY LINTON Opinion Delivered October 22, 2025

APPELLANT APPEAL FROM THE POPE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT V. [NO. 58CR-21-1188]

STATE OF ARKANSAS HONORABLE JAMES DUNHAM, APPELLEE JUDGE

AFFIRMED

WENDY SCHOLTENS WOOD, Judge

Jerry Linton appeals the Pope County Circuit Court’s sentencing order revoking his

suspended imposition of sentence (SIS) and sentencing him to ten years’ imprisonment. On

appeal, Linton argues that the evidence was insufficient to support revocation. We affirm.

In April 2022, Linton pled guilty to second-degree battery and refusal to submit to

arrest and was sentenced, as a habitual offender, to two years in prison and four years’ SIS.

The SIS conditions included the requirement that Linton not commit a criminal offense

punishable by imprisonment. On June 5, 2024, the State petitioned to revoke Linton’s SIS,

alleging that he had violated the terms and conditions of his probation by committing new

criminal offenses—specifically, aggravated assault on a family or household member and

terroristic threatening. An amended petition for revocation was filed on July 12, which added the offenses of disorderly conduct, public intoxication, and violation of the no-contact

order by having contact with Kimberly Stanfield, Linton’s wife.

The circuit court held a revocation hearing on August 6, 2024. The court revoked

Linton’s SIS in an order entered on September 12 and sentenced him to ten years’

imprisonment. Linton appealed.

Because the violations alleged in the petition to revoke, the testimony at the hearing,

and Linton’s arguments on appeal are identical to those in the companion case, we will not

restate them here, and we incorporate them by reference. See Linton v. State, 2025 Ark. App.

497. Accordingly, we hold that there was sufficient evidence to support the revocation for

the reasons set forth in that opinion, and we affirm.

Affirmed.

BARRETT and THYER, JJ., agree.

Brett D. Watson, Attorney at Law, PLLC, by: Brett D. Watson, for appellant.

Tim Griffin, Att’y Gen., by: Dalson Cook, Ass’t Att’y Gen., for appellee.