Title: William Wesley Skiver v. State of Arkansas

State: arkansas

Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court

Document:

William Wesley SKIVER v. STATE of Arkansas

CR 96-527                                          ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
                 Opinion delivered May 20, 1996


Appeal & error -- motion for rule on clerk -- good cause for 
     granting. -- An admission by the attorney for a criminal
     defendant that the failure to file the record in time was 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.
     Jon A. Williams, for appellant.
     No response.

     Per Curiam.Per Curiam 5-20-96
*ADVREP*SC10*





WILLIAM WESLEY SKIVER,
               APPELLANT,

V.

STATE OF ARKANSAS,
               APPELLEE,

CR 96-527




MOTION FOR RULE ON THE CLERK





MOTION GRANTED.










     William Wesley Skiver, by his attorney, Jon A. Williams, has
filed a motion for a rule on the clerk.  His attorney admits by
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.
     DUDLEY, J., not participating.