Case Name: Paul Eddie WEAVER v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1997-02-24
Citations: 327 Ark. 425
Docket Number: CR 97-146
Parties: Paul Eddie WEAVER v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 327
Pages: 425–425

Head Matter:
Paul Eddie WEAVER v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 97-146
938 S.W.2d 234
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered February 24, 1997
Larry Hartsfteld, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The appellant, Paul Eddie Weaver, has filed a motion for rule on the clerk. His attorney, Larry Hartsfield, accepts responsibility for failing to file a timely notice of appeal.
We treat this motion as one for belated appeal and grant the motion. Failure on the part of counsel to perfect an appeal for a criminal defendant who wishes to appeal constitutes good cause for granting a belated appeal. See In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979) (per curiam).
A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.