Case Name: Lee Charles LEWIS v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 2002-01-17
Citations: 347 Ark. 438
Docket Number: CR 01-1327
Parties: Lee Charles LEWIS v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 347
Pages: 438–438

Head Matter:
Lee Charles LEWIS v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 01-1327
64 S.W.3d 753
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered January 17, 2002
John F. Gibson, Jr., for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
P ER CURIAM.
Lee Charles Lewis, by his attorney, has filed a motion for rule on the clerk. The motion admits that the record was not timely filed and that it was no fault of the appellant's counsel but rather was due to unforeseen casualty.
This court has held that we will grant a motion for rule on clerk when the attorney admits that the record was not timely filed due to an error on his part. See, e.g., Tarry v. State, 288 Ark. 172, 702 S.W.2d 804 (1986). Here, the attorney does not admit fault on his part. We have held that a statement that it was someone else's fault or no one's fault will not suffice. Clark v. State, 289 Ark. 382, 711 S.W.2d 162 (1986). Therefore, appellant's motion must be denied.
If the appellant's attorney shall file within thirty days from the date of this per curiam a motion and affidavit in this case accepting full responsibility for not timely filing the transcript, the motion will be granted and a copy of the opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.
The present motion for rule on the clerk is denied.