Case Name: Phillip WILLIAMS v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 2002-01-10
Citations: 347 Ark. 369
Docket Number: CR 01-1170
Parties: Phillip WILLIAMS v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: IMBER, J., not participating.
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 347
Pages: 369–369

Head Matter:
Phillip WILLIAMS v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 01-1170
65 S.W.3d 401
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered January 10, 2002
Thomas B. Devine, III, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
P ER CURIAM.
Thomas B. Devine, III, as a state-salaried, full-time public defender, was appointed by the trial court to represent appellant Phillip Williams, an indigent defendant, in this criminal case. Williams was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Mr. Devine timely filed a notice of appeal from the judgment of conviction and lodged the appellate record with the Supreme Court Clerk.
Mr. Devine now asks this court to relieve him as appellant's counsel and to appoint new counsel. Mr. Devine cites Rushing v. State, 340 Ark. 84, 8 S.W.3d 489 (2000), that public defenders cannot be paid separately to file appeals. Accordingly, we grant Mr. Devine's motion to be relieved for good cause shown. Mr. Tim Cullen will be substituted as appellant's attorney in this matter.
IMBER, J., not participating.
Act 1370 of2001 provides that part-time public defenders may receive compensation from appellate courts.