Case Name: Wayne FULCHER v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 2001-04-19
Citations: 344 Ark. 486
Docket Number: CR 01-353
Parties: Wayne FULCHER v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 344
Pages: 486–487

Head Matter:
Wayne FULCHER v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 01-353
42 S.W.3d 406
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered April 19, 2001
Dan Etherly, for appeEant.
No response.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Don Etherly, a state-salaried, part-time public defender for the First Judicial District, was appointed by the trial court to represent appellant Wayne Fulcher, an indigent defendant, in this criminal case. Following a revocation hearing on February 9, 2001, the circuit court revoked a suspended imposition of sentence on a charge of theft of property and sentenced Mr. Fulcher to ten years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. A notice of appeal from the judgment of conviction was timely filed and a partial record has been lodged with our clerk.
Mr. Etherly now asks this court to reheve him as counsel for Mr. Fulcher in this criminal 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 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. Kelly Adkins will be substituted as attorney for appellant Wayne Fulcher in this matter.