Opinion
CR 96-885
Opinion delivered September 9, 1996
APPEAL ERROR — MOTION FOR RULE ON CLERK — GOOD CAUSE FOR GRANTING. — An admission by an attorney for a criminal defendant that the record was tendered late due to a mistake on his part is good cause for granting a motion for rule on the clerk.
Motion for Rule on the Clerk; granted.
Keith Watkins, for appellant.
No response.
Appellant, Rocky W. Arnold, by his attorney, Keith Watkins, has filed a motion for a rule on the clerk. Mr. Watkins admits by motion that the record was tendered late due to a mistake on his part.
[1] We find that such an error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to grant the motion. See In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979) (per curiam). The motion is therefore granted.
A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.