Title: Wells v. State
Citation: 2013 Ark. 91
Docket Number: CR13-122
State: Arkansas
Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court
Date: February 28, 2013

Cite as 2013 Ark. 91 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR13-122 TIMOTHY ALLEN WELLS APPELLANT V. STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE Opinion Delivered February 28, 2013 MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS ATTORNEY ON DIRECT APPEAL MOTION GRANTED. PER CURIAM Appellant was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. An appeal from the judgment has been lodged in this court. Wells is represented by Mark S. Fraiser, a full-time public defender, who now asks that he be relieved as counsel on the ground that he is ineligible for compensation for services as appellate counsel. Arkansas Code Annotated section 19-4-1604(b)(2)(B) (Repl. 2007) provides that persons employed as full-time public defenders who are not provided a state-funded secretary are eligible to seek compensation for appellate work. Counsel affirms that he is a full-time public defender with a full-time, state-funded secretary. Under these circumstances, he is not entitled to be paid for services in this appeal, and his request to be relieved is well founded. See Williamson v. State, 2013 Ark. 1 (per curiam). We grant Fraiser’s motion to be relieved, and we appoint attorney Daniel Hancock to represent Wells. Our clerk is directed to set a new briefing schedule for the appeal.