Opinion
CR 94-515
Opinion delivered February 13, 1995
ATTORNEY CLIENT — FAILURE TO FILE ABSTRACT AND BRIEF — CONTEMPT FILED — ADDITIONAL COUNSEL APPOINTED TO SPEED APPEAL. — Where appellant's attorney of record filed the trial record with the appellate court on May 17, 1994, but has failed to file the abstract and brief although he has been cited in contempt for his failure to do so and is subject to further proceedings in contempt, the court appointed additional counsel to prepare and file the abstract and brief for appellant.
Appointment of Additional Counsel.
On May 17, 1994, Ivan Floyd Pipkin appealed his conviction in the Stone County Circuit Court, Case No. 91-36, and lodged the record of trial in this court. Mr. Pipkin's attorney, A. Wayne Davis, Little Rock, Arkansas, has yet to file the abstract and brief in this case, although he has been cited in contempt of this court for failure to do so and is subject to further proceedings in contempt.
In order to finalize Mr. Pipkin's appeal without further delay, the court appoints Al Schay, Little Rock, Arkansas, as additional counsel for the purposes of preparing and filing the abstract and brief in Mr. Pipkin's appeal. A. Wayne Davis shall continue as one of the attorneys of record for Mr. Pipkin until relieved by the court.
GLAZE, J., not participating.