Title: Randy Allen v. State of Arkansas

State: arkansas

Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court

Document:

Randy ALLEN v. STATE of Arkansas

CR 97-998                                          ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
              Opinion delivered September 18, 1997


Appeal & error -- motion for belated appeal -- good cause for
     granting. -- An admission by an attorney for a criminal
     defendant that the record was tendered late due to a mistake
     on his part is good cause to grant a motion for belated
     appeal.

     Motion for Belated Appeal; granted.
     Stuart Vess, for appellant.
     No response.

     Per Curiam.
     Appellant, Randy Allen, by and through his attorney, has filed
a motion for a rule on the clerk.  We treat this motion as a motion
for belated appeal.  His attorney, Stuart Vess, admits in his
motion that the record was tendered late due to a mistake on his
part.  
     We find that such an error, admittedly made by the 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 is therefore granted.  A copy of this opinion will
be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.