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Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas
Mar 18, 1996
917 S.W.2d 168 (Ark. 1996)

Opinion

CR 96-261

Opinion delivered March 18, 1996

APPEAL ERROR — MOTION FOR BELATED APPEAL — GOOD CAUSE FOR GRANTING. — An admission by the attorney for a criminal defendant that the failure to file the record in time was due to a mistake on his part is good cause to grant a motion for belated appeal.

Motion for Belated Appeal; granted.

Robert S. Tschiemer, for appellant.

No response.


Appellant, Joel P. Smith, by his attorney, has filed for a belated appeal.

His attorney, Robert S. Tschiemer, admits that the failure to file the record in time was 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 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.


Summaries of

Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas
Mar 18, 1996
917 S.W.2d 168 (Ark. 1996)
Case details for

Smith v. State

Case Details

Full title:Joel P. SMITH v . STATE of Arkansas

Court:Supreme Court of Arkansas

Date published: Mar 18, 1996

Citations

917 S.W.2d 168 (Ark. 1996)
917 S.W.2d 168