Case Name: James GUSS v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1996-09-16
Citations: 325 Ark. 521
Docket Number: CR 96-905
Parties: James GUSS v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 325
Pages: 521–521

Head Matter:
James GUSS v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 96-905
928 S.W.2d 336
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered September 16, 1996
Jeffrey H. Kearney, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Appellant James Guss, by his attorney, Jeffrey H. Kearney, has filed a motion for a rule on the clerk. Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal from the denial of his petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Rule 37 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure. His attorney admits by motion that the record of the postconviction proceedings was tendered late 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 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.