Case Name: Kevin Douglas CASEY v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 2000-04-20
Citations: 341 Ark. 148
Docket Number: CR 00-388
Parties: Kevin Douglas CASEY v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 341
Pages: 148–149

Head Matter:
Kevin Douglas CASEY v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 00-388
14 S.W.3d 525
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered April 20, 2000
Joe Kelly Hardin, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Kevin Douglas Case, by his attorney, Joe Kelly Hardin, has filed a motion for rule on the clerk. The motion admits that the record was not timely filed.
This court has held that we will grant a motion for rule on the 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, but instead implies fault on the part of some unnamed third party. 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.
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, and upon filing same, 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.