Opinion
Opinion delivered May 3, 1982
APPEAL ERROR — MISTAKE BY ATTORNEY — GOOD CAUSE FOR MOTION FOR RULE ON THE CLERK. — An error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to grant the Motion for Rule on the Clerk.
Motion for rule on the clerk; motion granted.
Charles P. Allen, for appellant.
Steve Clark, Att'y. Gen., by: Alice Ann Burns, Asst. Att'y. Gen., for appellee.
Gardner Smith, Jr., by his attorney, has filed for a rule on the clerk.
His attorney, Charles P. Allen, has attached an affidavit admitting 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 our Per Curiam opinion dated February 5, 1979, In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964.
A copy of this Opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.