Case Name: Ben Wesley HICKS v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1998-04-16
Citations: 332 Ark. 616
Docket Number: CR 98-353
Parties: Ben Wesley HICKS v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 332
Pages: 616–616

Head Matter:
Ben Wesley HICKS v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 98-353
962 S.W.2d 813
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered April 16, 1998
Tamra Barrett, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Appellant Ben Wesley Hicks, by his attorneys, Tapp Law Offices, by Tamra Barrett, has filed a motion for rule on the clerk. Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal from the denial of his petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Civ. P. 37. His attorney admits that the record of the postconviction proceedings was tendered late due to a mistake on her 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.