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Moore v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas
Mar 3, 1980
609 S.W.2d 894 (Ark. 1980)

Opinion

No. CR 79-227

Opinion delivered March 3, 1980

APPEAL ERROR — BELATED APPEALS — "GOOD CAUSE" TO GRANT, WHAT CONSTITUTES. — An affidavit by a criminal defendant's attorney, admitting that the record was tendered late because of a computation error on the attorney's part, is good cause for granting a motion for rule on the clerk to file a belated appeal.

Motion for Rule on Clerk; motion granted.


The appellant, Homer Lloyd Moore, through his attorney, has again filed what amounts to a motion for a rule on the clerk. In a per curiam opinion issued January 21, 1980, we denied Moore a similar motion.

This time, his attorney, Vincent E. Skillman Jr., has attached an affidavit stating that the record was tendered late because of a computation error which was his, that is, Skillman's. Before, Skillman had said the error was just made due to the fault of no one. We pointed out that this was not good cause to grant a belated appeal according to our rule.

We find that such an error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause and pursuant to our per curiam opinion, In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, dated February 5, 1979, grant the motion. A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct as is our practice.


Summaries of

Moore v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas
Mar 3, 1980
609 S.W.2d 894 (Ark. 1980)
Case details for

Moore v. State

Case Details

Full title:Homer Lloyd MOORE v. STATE of Arkansas

Court:Supreme Court of Arkansas

Date published: Mar 3, 1980

Citations

609 S.W.2d 894 (Ark. 1980)
609 S.W.2d 894

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