Title: Henry Simon Vidal v. State of Arkansas
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: CR07-259
State: Arkansas
Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court
Date: April 17, 2008

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT No. CR 07-259 HENRY SIMON VIDAL Appellant v. STATE OF ARKANSAS Appellee Opinion Delivered April 17, 2008 PRO SE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF DISMISSAL OF APPEAL [CIRCUIT COURT OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, CR 2005-42, HON. MICHAEL MEDLOCK, JUDGE] MOTION DENIED. PER CURIAM Now before us is appellants’s pro se motion for reconsideration of the dismissal of the appeal that this court handed down on February 7, 2008. Vidal v. State, CR 07-259 (Ark. Feb. 7, 2008) (per curiam). Appellant is represented by counsel in the instant appeal but has filed the motion for reconsideration before us as a pro se litigant. Having accepted representation by counsel, appellant is not also entitled to pursue his own motions for relief. Hamilton v. State, 348 Ark. 532, 74 S.W.3d 615 (2002); Franklin v. State, 327 Ark. 537, 939 S.W.2d 836 (1997) (per curiam). As we do not allow an appellant to compete with his attorney to be heard, Franklin, supra, we need not consider appellant’s pro se motion for reconsideration. Motion denied.