Court Opinion

ID: 9597610
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:00:53.089299+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:04:01.416945
License: Public Domain

Tom Glaze, Justice, concurring. Arkansas Rule of Appellate Procedure — Civil 6(e) is confusing and should be revised to provide that, after the record is lodged in the appellate court, either party or the appellate court may suggest remand to the trial court to settle or correct any omission or correction of the record to be made. Under the present wording ofRule 6(e), both a trial court and appellate court will have jurisdiction of the case to make changes in the record. Obviously, both courts cannot have jurisdiction of the case at the same time. Moreover, if we retain the rule as it now reads, we can expect ex parte requests, as in this case, to obtain changes in the record that the opposing party and appellate court know nothing about. Rule 6(e) needs to be revised.