Case Title: Timothy Moses v. State of Arkansas

Citation: 

Docket Number: cr96-680

State: arkansas

Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

Date: 1997-02-24T00:00:00Z

Document:
Timothy MOSES v. STATE of Arkansas

CR 96-680                                          ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
               Opinion delivered February 24, 1997


1.   Appeal & error -- motion for rule on clerk denied. -- Where counsel
     for appellant attributed his failure to file the record on
     time to appellant's inability to pay for the transcript and
     accepted no responsibility for the belated tender of the
     record, the supreme court, treating his motion for belated
     appeal as one for rule on the clerk, denied the motion, noting
     that if, within thirty days from the date of the order,
     counsel were to file a motion for rule on the clerk, accepting
     full responsibility for the delay in tendering the transcript,
     the motion would be granted.

2.   Appeal & error -- motion for withdrawal of counsel denied. -- Citing
     Ark. R. Crim. P. 4-3(j)(1), the supreme court denied counsel's
     motion to withdraw.

     Motion for Rule on the Clerk; denied.
     Motion for Withdrawal of Counsel; denied.
     Young & Finley, by: Richard H. Young, for appellant.
     Winston Bryant, Att'y Gen., by:  C. Joseph Cordi, Asst. Att'y
Gen., for appellee.
     Per Curiam. 
     Timothy Moses has filed a motion for a belated appeal from his
convictions of theft and burglary.  As the notice of appeal and
designation of the record were apparently timely, but his attempt
to docket the record was not, we will treat the motion as one for
rule on the clerk.  
     Counsel for Mr. Moses attributes failure to file the record on
time to Mr. Moses's inability to pay for the transcript and accepts
no responsibility for the belated tender of the record.  If counsel
files a motion for rule on the clerk within thirty days from the
date of this order, accepting full responsibility for the delay in
tendering the transcript, the motion will be granted and a copy of
the opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional
Conduct.  Reyes v. State, 326 Ark. 913, 934 S.W.2d 526 (1996).
     Counsel, apparently unaware of Ark. R. Crim. P. 4-3(j)(1), has
also moved to withdraw from the appeal, stating he "is unsure how
to proceed when there is a transcript with no apparent issues for
appeal and his client refuses to contact him."  Counsel's motion to
withdraw is denied.