Title: Benton v. State

State: arkansas

Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court

Document:

Johnny Austin BENTON v. STATE of Arkansas

CR 96-145                                          ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
               Opinion delivered February 19, 1996


Appeal & error -- motion for rule on clerk -- 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 rule on the
     clerk.


     Motion for Rule on the Clerk; granted.
     Edgar R. Thompson, for appellant.
     No response.


     Per Curiam.*ADVREP12*






JOHNNY AUSTIN BENTON,
                    APPELLANT,

V.

STATE OF ARKANSAS,
                    APPELLEE.



CR96-145

Opinion Delivered:  2-19-96

MOTION FOR RULE ON THE CLERK





MOTION GRANTED




                           PER CURIAM

     Appellant, Johnny Austin Benton, by his attorney, Edgar R.
Thompson, has filed a motion for rule on the clerk.  His attorney
admits that the record was tendered late 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.  See
Terry v. State, 272 Ark. 243,