Case ID: ark_352/html/0205-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Joe COPELAND v. STATE of Arkansas
    CR 03-180
    99 S.W.3d 426
    Supreme Court of Arkansas
    Opinion delivered March 6, 2003
    
      Norman G. Co, for appellant.
    No response.
   Per Curiam.

Appellant Joe Copeland, by and through am. attorney, has filed a motion for a belated appeal and request for new counsel. His attorney, Norman G. Cox, states in the motion that the record was tendered late due to a mistake on his part.

We find that such an error, admittedly made by an 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 for a belated appeal is granted. The motion requesting new counsel is denied. A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.