Case Name: George JONES, Jr. v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1996-09-09
Citations: 325 Ark. 451
Docket Number: CR 96-922
Parties: George JONES, Jr. v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 325
Pages: 451–452

Head Matter:
George JONES, Jr. v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 96-922
926 S.W.2d 665
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered September 9, 1996
Davis H. Loftin, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
Per CURIAM.
Appellant George Jones, Jr., by his attorney, Davis H. Loftin, has filed a motion for rule on the clerk. We treat this as a motion for a belated appeal. Mr. Loftin states by motion that he miscalculated the number of days in which to file a notice of appeal and, as a result, filed the notice one day late.
We find that such an error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to grant the motion. See In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979) (per curiam). The motion is therefore granted.
A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.