Williams v. State

Full title: Wake WILLIAMS v . STATE of Arkansas

Court: Supreme Court of Arkansas

Date published: Sep 11, 1997

949 S.W.2d 894 (Ark. 1997)

949 S.W.2d 894

Opinion

CR 97-952

Opinion delivered September 11, 1997

APPEAL ERROR — MOTION FOR RULE ON CLERK — GOOD CAUSE FOR GRANTING. — An admission by an attorney for a criminal defendant that the record was tendered late due to a mistake on his part is good cause to grant a motion for rule on the clerk.

Motion for Rule on the Clerk; granted.

George J. Stone, for appellant.

No response.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Wake Williams, by his attorney, George J. Stone, has filed a motion for rule on the clerk. His attorney admits that the record was tendered late due to an error on his part.

[1] We find that such error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to grant the motion. See per curiam order dated February 5, 1979. In re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964; Terry v. State, 272 Ark. 243, 613 S.W.2d 90 (1981).

A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.