Case Name: J.B. WHITLEY v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1994-09-12
Citations: 317 Ark. 647
Docket Number: CR 94-823
Parties: J.B. WHITLEY v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 317
Pages: 647–647

Head Matter:
J.B. WHITLEY v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 94-823
882 S.W.2d 670
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered September 12, 1994
William R. Simpson, Jr., Public Defender.
No response.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Appellant, J.B. Whitley, was convicted of theft by receiving during a bench trial on November 19, 1993. He was sentenced on January 10, 1994. Appellant's counsel, William R. Simpson, Jr., filed a notice of appeal on February 7, 1994. However, the order appealed from in this case, the Order of Suspension or Probation, was not filed until March 24, 1994. Thus, the notice of appeal filed in this case was of no effect. Ark. R. App. P. 4; Woods v. State, 316 Ark. 705, 875 S.W.2d 58 (1994); Kelly v. Kelly, 310 Ark. 244, 835 S.W.2d 869 (1992).
Appellant's counsel has by motion regrettably admitted error in filing the notice of appeal prematurely. Therefore, we grant the motion for belated appeal and direct that a copy of this opinion be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.