Opinion
CR 97-351
Opinion delivered April 14, 1997
APPEAL ERROR — MOTION FOR BELATED APPEAL — 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 to grant a motion for belated appeal.
Motion for Belated Appeal; granted.
John F. Gibson, Jr., for appellant.
No response.
Paul Steven Jones, by his attorney, has filed a motion for a belated appeal. His attorney, John F. Gibson, Jr., admits in his motion that the record was tendered late due to a mistake on his part.
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).
[1] The motion is therefore granted. A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.