Case Name: Leon ROBERSON v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 2001-04-05
Citations: 344 Ark. 416
Docket Number: CR 01-263
Parties: Leon ROBERSON v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 344
Pages: 416–417

Head Matter:
Leon ROBERSON v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 01-263
39 S.W.3d 458
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered April 5, 2001
Dan Etherly, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Dan Etherly, a state-salaried, part-time public defender for the First Judicial District, was appointed by the trial court to represent appellant Leon Roberson, an indigent defendant, in this criminal case. Following a revocation hearing, Roberson was sentenced to thirty years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. A notice of appeal from the judgment was timely filed and a partial record has been lodged with our clerk.
Mr. Etherly now asks this court to relieve him as counsel for Roberson in this appeal. As a state-salaried, part-time public defender for the First Judicial District, Mr. Etherly is ineligible for compensation by this court for work performed in the appeal of this matter pursuant to our recent opinion in Rushing v. State, 340 Ark. 84, 8 S.W.3d 489 (2000). In Tester v. State, 341 Ark. 281, 16 S.W.3d 227 (2000), we relieved appellant's court-appointed public defender and appointed new counsel on appeal under similar circumstances. See also, Craft v. State, 342 Ark. 57, 26 S.W.3d 584 (2000); McFerrin v. State, 342 Ark. 61, 26 S.W.3d 429 (2000); Bolton v. State, 342 Ark. 55, 26 S.W.3d 783 (2000). We grant Mr. Etherly's motion to be relieved for good cause shown. David Bowden will be substituted as attorney for appellant Leon Roberson in this matter.