Case Name: Anthony McCRANEY v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1989-07-03
Citations: 299 Ark. 410
Docket Number: RC 89-20
Parties: Anthony McCRANEY v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 299
Pages: 410–411

Head Matter:
Anthony McCRANEY v. STATE of Arkansas
RC 89-20
772 S.W.2d 597
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered July 3, 1989
Robert L. Scull III, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Robert S. Scull filed a motion for a rule on the clerk on behalf of his client, Anthony McCraney. However, the motion is not accompanied.by a proper affidavit as required by A.R.Cr.P. Rule 36.9. See our per curiam of February 5, 1979, reported at 265 Ark. 964, and the case of Melton v. State, 273 Ark. 474, 620 S.W.2d 946 (1981). It is the responsibility of the attorney of record to see that the record and transcript are timely filed. Nelson v. State, 272 Ark. 287, 613 S.W.2d 598 (1981).
"It is the duty of counsel, not the judge, not the clerk, not the reporter, to perfect an appeal." See Finley v. State, 281 Ark. 38, 661 S.W.2d 358 (1983).Itis solelythe responsibility of counsel to see that orders are entered on time. "Counsel must anticipate problems of time and be prepared to do all acts necessary to perfect an appeal and it is no excuse or good cause that a judge, clerk or reporter miscalculates the time or fails to file an order on time." Finley, supra. See also Smith v. State, 275 Ark. 416, 639 S.W.2d 22 (1982).
The motion for a rule on the clerk is denied without prejudice to file a proper motion.