Title: Jordan v. State

State: arkansas

Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court

Document:

George JORDAN v. STATE of Arkansas

CR 96-228                                          ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
                 Opinion delivered March 4, 1996


Appeal & error -- motion for rule on clerk -- good cause for 
     granting. -- An admission by an 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.
     Henry C. Morris, for appellant.
     No response.

     Per Curiam.
     The appellant, George Jordan, has filed a motion for rule on
the clerk.  His attorney, Henry C. Morris, admits that the failure
to file the record in time was 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
our Per Curiam opinion dated February 5, 1979, In Re: Belated
Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964.  A copy of this opinion
will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.