Case Name: Arzelle Lee PHILLIPS v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1980-06-30
Citations: 269 Ark. 457
Docket Number: CR 80-125
Parties: Arzelle Lee PHILLIPS v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 269
Pages: 457–458

Head Matter:
Arzelle Lee PHILLIPS v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 80-125
601 S.W. 2d 863
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered June 30, 1980
William C. McArthur, for appellant.
Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
The appellant, Arzelle Lee Phillips, through his attorney, William C. McArthur of Little Rock, Arkansas, has filed a motion for a rule on the Clerk.
Attached to the motion is an affidavit by Jewel Brown, appellant's trial counsel, in which it is admitted that Brown failed to timely lodge the record as it was his duty to do.
We have found in the past and acknowledge that such an error, admittedly made by an attorney for a criminal defendant, constitutes good cause for a delay for which we will grant a motion for a rule on the Clerk. In a per curiam opinion regarding belated appeals, rendered February 5, 1978, we discussed the problem of a untimely tender of a record caused by an attorney representing a criminal defendant. We decided that we have no alternative but to grant a motion for relief in such a case. However, we pointed out that a copy of the opinion would be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.
We find good cause exists in this case and forward a copy of this opinion to the Committee on Professional Conduct as is our practice.