Fioranelli v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Fioranelli v. State

598 S.W.2d 72, 269 Ark. 35, 1980 Ark. LEXIS 1654

DecidedMay 5, 1980

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Fioranelli v. State, 598 S.W.2d 72, 269 Ark. 35, 1980 Ark. LEXIS 1654 (Ark. 1980).

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PER CURIAM

The appellant, Mike Fioranelli, through his attorney, Thomas L. Cashion of Eudora, Arkansas, has filed a motion for a rule on the Clerk.

In the motion, which is sworn to, Cashion admits that the record was not timely lodged because of an oversight on the part of Cashion.

We have found in the past and acknowledge that such an error, admittedly made by an attorney for a criminal defendant, constitutes good cause for a delay for which we will grant a motion for a rule on the Clerk. In a per curiam opinion regarding belated appeals rendered February 5, 1978, we discussed the problem of an untimely tender of a record caused by an attorney representing a criminal defendant. We decided that we have no alternative but to grant a motion for relief in such a case. However, we pointed out that a copy of the opinion would be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.

We find good cause exists in this case and forward a copy of our opinion to the Committee on Professional Conduct as is our practice.

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PER CURIAM

The appellant, Mike Fioranelli, through his attorney, Thomas L. Cashion of Eudora, Arkansas, has filed a motion for a rule on the Clerk.

In the motion, which is sworn to, Cashion admits that the record was not timely lodged because of an oversight on the part of Cashion.

We have found in the past and acknowledge that such an error, admittedly made by an attorney for a criminal defendant, constitutes good cause for a delay for which we will grant a motion for a rule on the Clerk. In a per curiam opinion regarding belated appeals rendered February 5, 1978, we discussed the problem of an untimely tender of a record caused by an attorney representing a criminal defendant. We decided that we have no alternative but to grant a motion for relief in such a case. However, we pointed out that a copy of the opinion would be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.

We find good cause exists in this case and forward a copy of our opinion to the Committee on Professional Conduct as is our practice.

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