Court Opinion

ID: 7826531
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-07 18:08:13.75894+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:30:52.796642
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam. The appellant, Sam Stewart, has filed a motion styled, “Motion to File Belated Appeal and for a Rule on the Clerk.” Mr. Stewart’s attorney, Robert E. Irwin, admits that the notice of appeal was untimely filed due to negligence on his part.  We find that such an error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to treat this motion as one for belated appeal and grant the motion. See In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979) (per curiam). A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.