Case ID: ark_350/html/0455-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Norman GAINES v. STATE of Arkansas
    CR 02-1080
    88 S.W.3d 424
    Supreme Court of Arkansas
    Opinion delivered October 31, 2002
    
      Robert L. Depper, Jr., for appellant.
    No response.
   Per Curiam.

Appellant Norman Gaines, by his attorney, Robert L. Depper, Jr., has filed a motion for belated appeal. His attorney admits that the notice of appeal was not filed in a timely manner due to a mistake on his part.

We find that such error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to grant the motion for belated appeal. See Terry v. State, 272 Ark. 243, 613 S.W.2d 90 (1981); In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979) (per curiam).

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