Case ID: ark_330/html/0635-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

W.W. v. STATE of Arkansas
    97-1305
    956 S.W.2d 169
    Supreme Court of Arkansas
    Opinion delivered November 20, 1997
    
      
      Alvin Schay, for appellant.
    No response.
   Per Curiam.

This is a juvenile delinquency proceeding in which, appellant, W.W., by his attorney, Alvin Schay, has filed a motion for rule on the clerk. 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, which we will treat as a 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.