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328 Ark. 348

Watson v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 29, 1997

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1997-04-29

Relies on Rogers v. State

Decided 1997-04-29

Per Curiam.

¶1Daniel Watson, by his attorney, has filed a motion for a rule on the clerk which we will treat as a motion for belated appeal. The notice of appeal was filed in this case on September 18, 1996, and the judgment was entered on November 19, 1996.

¶2His attorney, Ralph Cloar, admits in his motion that the record was tendered late due to his mistaken reliance on the circuit clerk.

¶3We find that such an error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to grant the motion. See In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979) (per curiam).

¶4The motion is, therefore, granted. A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.

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