Case Name: Timothy L. WADDLE and Irene L. Waddle v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1997-02-03
Citations: 327 Ark. 204
Docket Number: CR 97-71
Parties: Timothy L. WADDLE and Irene L. Waddle v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 327
Pages: 204–205

Head Matter:
Timothy L. WADDLE and Irene L. Waddle v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 97-71
936 S.W.2d 554
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered February 3, 1997
C. Richard Lippard, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The appellants, Timothy L. Waddle and Irene L. Waddle, have filed a motion for rule on the clerk. Their attor ney, C. Richard Lippard, admits that the notice of appeal was untimely filed due to a mistake on his part.
We treat appellants' request for rule on the clerk as a motion for a belated appeal. See, e.g., Hicks v. State, 325 Ark. 192, 923 S.W.2d 872 (1996). We find that the error of failing to timely file a notice of appeal, admittedly made by counsel for criminal defendants, is good cause to grant the motion. See In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979) (per curiam).
We grant the motion for belated appeal. A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.