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Ward v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas
May 13, 1985
688 S.W.2d 951 (Ark. 1985)

Opinion

Opinion delivered May 13, 1985

APPEAL ERROR — MOTION FOR RULE ON THE CLERK — GOOD CAUSE FOR GRANTING. — Where the attorney for a criminal defendant admits in his Motion for Rule on the Clerk that the record was tendered late due to a mistake on his part, this constitutes good cause to grant the motion.

Motion for Rule on the Clerk; motion granted.

Robert Sharp Gunter, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Att'y Gen., by: Theodore Holder, Asst. Att'y Gen., for appellee.


Appellant, Mark Ward, by his attorney, has filed for a rule on the clerk.

His attorney, Robert Sharp Gunter, admits 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.


Summaries of

Ward v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas
May 13, 1985
688 S.W.2d 951 (Ark. 1985)
Case details for

Ward v. State

Case Details

Full title:Mark WARD v. STATE of Arkansas

Court:Supreme Court of Arkansas

Date published: May 13, 1985

Citations

688 S.W.2d 951 (Ark. 1985)
286 Ark. 65