Case Name: Darren WOODRUFF v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1996-02-12
Citations: 323 Ark. 448
Docket Number: CR 96-90
Parties: Darren WOODRUFF v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 323
Pages: 448–448

Head Matter:
Darren WOODRUFF v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 96-90
916 S.W.2d 104
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered February 12, 1996
Maxie G. Kizer, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Appellant, Darren Woodruff, by his attorney, Maxie G. Kizer, has filed a motion for rule on the clerk. The Clerk refused to docket the record concerning Mr. Wood-ruff s conviction because it revealed that the notice of appeal was late. We treat the motion for rule on the clerk as a motion for belated appeal in this circumstance.
Failure of counsel to perfect an appeal for a defendant who wishes to appeal constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel, and good cause for granting a belated appeal pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 36.9(e).
A copy of this opinion will be sent to the Committee on Professional Conduct.