Case Name: Ricky FLEWELLEN v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 2001-04-19
Citations: 344 Ark. 485
Docket Number: CR 01-355
Parties: Ricky FLEWELLEN v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 344
Pages: 485–486

Head Matter:
Ricky FLEWELLEN v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 01-355
42 S.W.3d 406
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered April 19, 2001
Don Etherly, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Don Etherly, a state-salaried, part-time public defender for the First Judicial District was appointed by the trial court to represent appellant Ricky Flewellen, an indigent defendant, in this criminal case. Flewellen's suspended sentence for the charge of robbery was revoked and he was sentenced to twenty years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. A notice of appeal from the judgment of conviction was timely filed, and a partial record has been lodged with our clerk.
Mr. Etherly now asks this court to relieve him as counsel for Mr. Flewellen and to appoint new counsel for Flewellen in this criminal appeal. In support of his motion to be relieved, Mr. Etherly asserts that as a public defender he should be allowed to withdraw. We note that Mr. Etherly will not be compensated by the Arkansas Public Defender Commission for work performed in the appeal of this matter. Under these circumstances, we grant Mr. Etherly's motion to be relieved for good cause shown. See Tester v. State, 341 Ark. 28b, 16 S.W.3d 227 (2000) (per curiam). John W Yeargan, will be substituted as attorney for appellant Ricky Flewellen.
Granted.