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  "name": "Clenton WITHERS a/k/a Clinton Withers v. STATE of Arkansas",
  "name_abbreviation": "Withers v. State",
  "decision_date": "1989-10-30",
  "docket_number": "RC 89-28",
  "first_page": "328",
  "last_page": "330",
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      "cite": "778 S.W.2d 608"
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    "parties": [
      "Clenton WITHERS a/k/a Clinton Withers v. STATE of Arkansas"
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nOn April 14, 1987, the petitioner Clenton Withers was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. A timely notice of appeal was filed by his retained attorney, James P. Massie. The record was not lodged on appeal, and petitioner Withers has now filed a motion for rule on the clerk, seeking to have the record prepared for filing despite the delay. Mr. Massie has submitted an affidavit in response to the motion in which he concedes that he filed a notice of appeal but contends that the record was never prepared and lodged here because Withers refused to pay the cost of preparing it.\nOn July 16, 1987, the trial court noted on its docket that petitioner had not made a deposit on the cost of preparing the transcript and ordered him committed to the Arkansas Department of Correction to begin serving his sentence. The court also rejected an affidavit of indigency submitted by petitioner, noting that he was not indigent and had spent his available funds rather than pay his attorney and the court reporter. The court further said that petitioner\u2019s conduct in not perfecting the appeal was \u201cby design and purpose.\u201d\nThe motion for rule on the clerk is denied. The circuit court made a finding that the petitioner was not indigent and through his own actions made the decision not to appeal. Petitioner does not address this finding. We do not know if the court made a finding after a hearing, at which the defendant was present, or whether it was made in his absence. In any event, the petitioner must overcome the presumption the order was properly entered.\nMotion denied without prejudice.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Per Curiam."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Appellant, pro se.",
      "Steve Clark, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Theodore Holder, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Clenton WITHERS a/k/a Clinton Withers v. STATE of Arkansas\nRC 89-28\n778 S.W.2d 608\nSupreme Court of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered October 30, 1989\nAppellant, pro se.\nSteve Clark, Att\u2019y Gen., by: Theodore Holder, Asst. Att\u2019y Gen., for appellee."
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