Opinion
CR 96-632
Opinion delivered June 17, 1996
APPEAL ERROR — MOTION FOR RULE ON CLERK — 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 rule on the clerk.
Motion for Rule on the Clerk; granted.
Robert F. Morehead, for appellant.
No response.
Appellant Earnest Young, by his attorney, has filed for a rule on the clerk.
His attorney Robert F. Morehead, 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.