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323 Ark. 804

Smith v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 18, 1996

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1996-03-18

Relies on Rogers v. State

Decided 1996-03-18

Per Curiam.

¶1Appellant, Joel P. Smith, by his attorney, has filed for a belated appeal.

¶2His attorney, Robert S. Tschiemer, admits that the failure to file the record in time was 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, 265 Ark. 964. A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.

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