¶1 Kimberly L. Smith was convicted of first degree murder and is currently serving a forty-year sentence in prison. Her attorney, P. J. Maddox-Cook, failed to give timely notice of appeal. The attorney has acknowledged that it was her responsibility to give a timely notice of appeal and the failure to do so was entirely her fault. Accordingly, we grant the motion for belated appeal and direct that a copy of this order be filed with the Committee on Professional Conduct. See Young v. State, 318 Ark. 235, 884 S.W.2d 591 (1994) & In re Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979).
319 Ark. 51
Smith v. State
Decided December 12, 1994
Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1994-12-12
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently April 1996
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Relies on Rogers v. State · Gonzalez v. Phoenix Frozen Foods, Inc. · Young v. State
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Decided 1994-12-12
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