In re Branch, Kevin, applying for Stay, REMEDIAL WRIT AND OUT OF TIME APPEAL Court of Appeal, First Circuit, Number KA-84-1017; Parish of East Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court, Div. “J”, Number 10-82-831.

Granted. Defendant’s appeal is reinstated in the Court of Appeal.

concurs in the order of the Court. The right to appeal is a right granted under the Louisiana Constitution. The Code of Criminal Procedure establishes the method of taking an appeal. Courts should not thwart the right to appeal because a lawyer is tardy in filing a brief. Other *526measures for enforcing its rule are available to a court (such as contempt proceedings against the lawyer).