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        "text": "Per Curiam.\nAppellant James Slack has filed a motion for belated appeal. We previously denied the motion due to Appellant\u2019s failure to file an affidavit in support of his motion, pursuant to Ark. R. App. P.\u2014Crim. 2(e). See Slack v. State, 338 Ark. 512, 999 S.W.2d 667 (1999) (per curiam). We directed Appellant to submit the required affidavit, demonstrating good reason for failing to timely file the notice of appeal, within thirty days of the date of our per curiam opinion.\nAppellant\u2019s attorney, Kenneth G. Fuchs, filed an affidavit on September 16, 1999, asserting that the notice of appeal was not filed by him because he never received a copy of the judgment and conviction order, and, therefore, he was never made aware that the order had been filed. Mr. Fuchs stated that Appellant informed him of his desire to appeal the conviction immediately following the jury trial, and that he had agreed to pursue the appeal on Appellant\u2019s behalf.\nThis court has long held that we will grant a motion for belated appeal when the attorney admits that the notice of appeal was untimely filed due to an error on his part. See Guynn v. State, 332 Ark. 434, 961 S.W.2d 35 (1998) (per curiam); Harkness v. State, 264 Ark. 561, 572 S.W.2d 835 (1978). Here, the attorney has not assumed responsibility for failing to verify when the judgment and commitment order was filed. A statement that it was someone else\u2019s fault or no one\u2019s fault will not suffice. Guynn, 332 Ark. 434, 961 S.W.2d 35; Clark v. State, 289 Ark. 382, 711 S.W.2d 162 (1986) (per curiam). The responsibility for the timely filing of appeals must rest upon the litigant and his attorney. Christopher v. Jones, 271 Ark. 911, 611 S.W.2d 521 (1981). We must \u201cput the responsibility where it belongs, on the shoulders of the lawyer who is at fault[.]\u201d In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964, 965 (1979) (per curiam).\nBecause the affidavit does not demonstrate good cause to grant the motion for belated appeal, we must again deny the motion. If Appellant\u2019s attorney files an affidavit accepting full responsibility for failing to file a timely notice of appeal, then the motion for belated appeal will be granted.",
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    "head_matter": "James SLACK v. STATE of Arkansas\nCR 99-809\n999 S.W.2d 668\nSupreme Court of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered September 30, 1999\nKenneth G. Fuchs, for appellant.\nNo response."
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