290 Ark. 314
Decided November 10, 1986
Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1986-11-10
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Decided 1986-11-10
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently January 2009
4 state decisions
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¶1Appellant, Buddy J. Townsend, by his attorney, has filed for a rule on the clerk.
¶2His attorney, Jeff Duty, admits that the record was tendered late due to a mistake on his part.
¶3 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.
¶4A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.