Case Name: Clarence MIXON v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1997-06-09
Citations: 329 Ark. 61
Docket Number: CR 97-452
Parties: Clarence MIXON v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 329
Pages: 61–61

Head Matter:
Clarence MIXON v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 97-452
945 S.W.2d 383
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered June 9, 1997
John Stroud III, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The. appellant, Clarence Mixon, has previously filed a motion for rule on the clerk. See Mixon v. State, 328 Ark. 534, 944 S.W.2d 829 (1997). We denied the motion because Mixon's attorney, John Stroud III, had not admitted fault for filing the notice of appeal prior to the entry of the judgment and commitment order. Mr. Stroud has since submitted an affidavit accepting responsibility for failing to perfect Mixon's appeal.
We find that such an error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to treat the motion as one for belated appeal and grant the motion. See In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979) (per curiam). A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.