Randy ALLEN v. STATE of Arkansas

CR 97-998

950 S.W.2d 220

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Opinion delivered September 18, 1997

Stuart Vess, for appellant.

No response.

Per Curiam.

Appellant, Randy Allen, by and through his attorney, has filed a motion for a rule on the clerk. We treat this motion as a motion for belated appeal. His attorney, Stuart Vess, admits in his motion that the record was tendered late due to a mistake on his part.

We 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).

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