Title: Willie Banks, Jr. v. State of Arkansas
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: CR03-160
State: Arkansas
Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court
Date: September 23, 2004

ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION September 23, 2004 WILLIE BANKS, JR. Appellant v. STATE OF ARKANSAS Appellee CR 03-160 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PULASKI COUNTY, CR 98-2361, HONORABLE MARION A. HUMPHREY, JUDGE AFFIRMED; MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT APPEAL BRIEF DENIED Per Curiam Appellant was convicted of rape and sentenced to forty years' imprisonment. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed. Banks v. State, CACR 00-805 (Ark. App. Dec. 5, 2001)(unpublished). Appellant subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37, and the circuit court denied relief. On appeal, we ordered that appellant had fifteen days to rebrief his case for failure to abstract his trial. Banks v. State, CR 03-160 (Ark. Feb. 26, 2004)(unpublished). We cannot reach the merits of appellant's claims on appeal. According to Rule 4-2(b)(3), if an appellant fails to file a complying abstract, Addendum and brief within the prescribed time, the judgment or decree may be affirmed for noncompliance with the Rule. Here, appellant failed to timely file his substituted brief, and moreover, the untimely substituted brief still lacked an abstract of appellant's trial. Appellant has since filed a motion to supplement his brief, but it is unlikely that the "one page abstract" he wishes to add to his substituted brief will meet the requirements of Rule 4-2(b)(3). Accordingly, we affirm for noncompliance with Rule 4-2(a)(5). Affirmed.