Case Name: Bobby Joe JONES v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1998-10-22
Citations: 334 Ark. 577
Docket Number: CR 98-924
Parties: Bobby Joe JONES v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 334
Pages: 577–578

Head Matter:
Bobby Joe JONES v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 98-924
976 S.W.2d 391
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered October 22, 1998
Marsha Basinger, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Appellant Bobby Joe Jones filed a motion for belated appeal from the order denying his motion for postconviction relief pursuant to A.R.Cr.P. Rule 37. We previously denied the motion because Appellant's attorney, Marsha Basinger, did not admit fault in fading to timely file the notice appeal. See Jones v. State, 334 Ark. 236, 973 S.W.2d 483 (1998) (per curiam). We indicated, however, that we would grant the motion if Appellant's attorney filed within thirty days a motion and affidavit accepting full responsibility for not timely filing the notice of appeal. Appellant's attorney has assumed full responsibility for the error in an amended motion filed October 5, 1998.
We find that such error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to grant the motion. See Johnson v. State, 332 Ark. 78, 959 S.W.2d 54 (1998) (per curiam); In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979) (per curiam). A copy of this per curiam will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct. See Harkness v. State, 264 Ark. 561, 572 S.W.2d 835 (1978).