Opinion
CR 97-515
Opinion delivered July 7, 1997
APPEAL ERROR — MOTION FOR BELATED APPEAL — GOOD CAUSE FOR GRANTING. — An admission by an attorney for a criminal defendant that the notice of appeal was filed before the judgment due to a mistake on his part is good cause to grant a motion for belated appeal.
Motion for Belated Appeal; granted.
Keith Watkins, for appellant.
No response.
Earl Skiles, by his attorney, has filed a motion for a rule on the clerk which we treat as a motion for belated appeal.
His attorney, Keith Watkins, admits in his motion that the notice of appeal was filed before the judgment 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.