Case Name: Dana Daniel THETFORD v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1999-12-16
Citations: 339 Ark. 489
Docket Number: CR 99-1352
Parties: Dana Daniel THETFORD v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 339
Pages: 489–489

Head Matter:
Dana Daniel THETFORD v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 99-1352
5 S.W.3d 478
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered December 16, 1999
John Wesley Hall, Jr., for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
PER Curiam.
Appellant Dana Daniel Thetford, by and through John Wesley Hall, Jr., attorney, has filed a motion for belated appeal. Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal from the denial of his postconviction relief pursuant to Rule 37 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure. Attorney Hall admits by motion that the record of the postconviction proceedings was tendered late due to a mistake on his part.
We find that such an error, admittedly made by an attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to grant the motion. See Polletta v. State, 327 Ark. 677, 939 S.W.2d 310 (1997) (per curiam); Guss v. State, 325 Ark. 521, 928 S.W.2d 336 (1996)(per curiam); McCready v. State, 325 Ark. 418, 924 S.W.2d 813 (1996)(per curiam).
The motion is, therefore, granted. A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.
Granted.