Opinion
No. CR 85-92.
Opinion delivered November 12, 1985
APPEAL ERROR — "NO MERIT" BRIEF — ATTORNEY MUST FILE MOTION TO WITHDRAW. — In order to file a "no merit" brief, petitioner's attorney must file a motion for permission to withdraw as counsel and further comply with Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 11(h); petitioner will then be given 30 days in which to file a pro se supplemental brief pursuant to Rule 11(h).
Motion to File Pro Se Supplemental Brief; procedure explained.
Appellant, pro se.
Steve Clark, Att'y Gen., by: Theodore Holder, Asst. Att'y Gen., for appellee.
Petitioner, Jackie Blue, asks to be allowed to file a pro se brief to supplement his court-appointed attorney's brief. The attorney filed what amounts to a "no merit" brief in petitioner's behalf in his appeal from a denial of post-conviction relief.
In order to file a "no merit" brief, petitioner's attorney must file a motion for permission to withdraw as counsel and further comply with Ark. Sup. Ct. Rule 11(h). Petitioner will then be given 30 days in which to file a pro se supplemental brief pursuant to Rule 11(h).
PURTLE, J., not participating.