Title: Fernando Navarro v. State of Arkansas
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: CR06-549
State: Arkansas
Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court
Date: February 8, 2007

___________________________ PER CURIAM ­ 10 Fernando NAVARRO v. STATE of Arkansas CR 06­549 ___ S.W.3d ___ Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered June 22, 2006 APPEAL & ERROR – FULL­TIME PUBLIC DEFENDER – MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. – Where appellant’s attorney was a full­time public defender, but failed to state in her motion whether or not she was provided with a state­funded secretary, the supreme court denied her motion to be relieved as counsel without prejudice. Motion to be Relieved as Attorney for Appellant and Stay Briefing Schedule; denied without prejudice. Cristi Beaumont, for appellant. No response. PER CURIAM. Cristi Beaumont, a full­time state­salaried public defender for the Fourth Judicial District, was appointed by the trial court to represent Appellant Fernando Navarro. Beaumont petitions this court to be relieved as counsel on appeal based on this NAVARRO v. STATE Page 2 Cite as 36_ Ark. ___ (2006) ___________________________ PER CURIAM ­ 10 court’s holding in Rushing v. State, 340 Ark. 84, 8 S.W.3d 489 (2000), which states that full­ time, state­salariedpublicdefendersare ineligible for compensationfortheirworkonappeal. Since Rushing, the General Assembly passed Ark. Code Ann. § 19­4­1604(b)(2)(B)(Supp. 2005), which states: A person employed as [a] full­time public defender who is not provided a state­fundedsecretary mayalsoseekcompensationforappellatework from the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals. Beaumont did not state in her motion whether she employs a state­funded secretary. Therefore, Beaumont’s motion to be relieved as counsel is denied without prejudice.