Griffin v. State
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Opinion
Cite as 2014 Ark. 424
SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-14-818
JOHN CHAD GRIFFIN Opinion Delivered October 9, 2014 APPELLANT MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS V. ATTORNEY ON DIRECT APPEAL
STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE MOTION GRANTED.
PER CURIAM
Appellant pled guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
An appeal from the judgment has been lodged in this court. Griffin is represented by Timothy
Beckham, a full-time public defender, who now asks that he be relieved as counsel on the
ground that he is ineligible for compensation for services as appellate counsel.
Arkansas Code Annotated section 19-4-1604(b)(2)(B) (Repl. 2007) provides that
persons employed as full-time public defenders who are not provided a state-funded secretary
are eligible to seek compensation for appellate work. Counsel affirms that he is a full-time
public defender with a full-time, state-funded secretary. Under these circumstances, he is not
entitled to be paid for services in this appeal, and his request to be relieved is well founded.
See Williamson v. State, 2013 Ark. 1 (per curiam).
We grant Beckham’s motion to be relieved, and we appoint attorney Joseph K. Luebke
to represent Griffin. Our clerk is directed to set a new briefing schedule for the appeal.
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