Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1994

Rockett v. State

Rockett v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas · Decided September 12, 1994
317 Ark. 643; 883 S.W.2d 454; 1994 Ark. LEXIS 452

Rockett v. State

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Robert L. Rockett, III and Terrick T. Nooner, by their attorney, have filed a motion for a rule on the clerk. We treat this motion for rule on the clerk as a motion for belated appeal. Their attorney, Joe Kelly Hardin, admits by motion that the record was filed two days before the judgment was entered due to a mistake on his part.

We find that such an error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to grant the motion. See our Per Curiam opinion In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979).

The motion is, therefore, granted. A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.

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