Thrailkill v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Thrailkill v. State

117 S.W.3d 586, 354 Ark. 8, 2003 Ark. LEXIS 418

CourtSupreme Court of Arkansas

DecidedSeptember 4, 2003

DocketCR 03-809

StatusPublished

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Thrailkill v. State, 117 S.W.3d 586, 354 Ark. 8, 2003 Ark. LEXIS 418 (Ark. 2003).

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Per Curiam.

Appellant, Tami Thrailkill, by and through her attorney, has filed a motion for rule on clerk. Her attorney, Jason W. Massey, states in the motion that the record was tendered late due to a mistake on his part.

Mr. Massey filed a notice of appeal on behalf of Ms. Thrailkill on February 11, 2003. He subsequently resigned from his position as a public defender on April 3, 2003, and entered private practice as an attorney. The record in Ms. Thrailkill’s appeal was due on May 12, 2003. After the court reporter informed Mr. Massey that she would not be able to complete the record by that date, Mr. Massey sent a motion to extend time to prepare the record to the circuit clerk. That motion was file-marked May 5, 2003. Mr. Massey then faxed the order extending time to prepare the record to the circuit judge, who had agreed to sign the order and to forward it to the Scott County Circuit Clerk’s Office. This was not done. Subsequent to May 12, 2003, Mr. Massey telephoned the circuit clerk and discovered that the order had not been filed. The order extending the time to prepare the record was finally file-marked on May 22, 2003. Mr. Massey accepts full responsibility for lateness of the order extending time to prepare the record.

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

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

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Per Curiam.

Appellant, Tami Thrailkill, by and through her attorney, has filed a motion for rule on clerk. Her attorney, Jason W. Massey, states in the motion that the record was tendered late due to a mistake on his part.

Mr. Massey filed a notice of appeal on behalf of Ms. Thrailkill on February 11, 2003. He subsequently resigned from his position as a public defender on April 3, 2003, and entered private practice as an attorney. The record in Ms. Thrailkill’s appeal was due on May 12, 2003. After the court reporter informed Mr. Massey that she would not be able to complete the record by that date, Mr. Massey sent a motion to extend time to prepare the record to the circuit clerk. That motion was file-marked May 5, 2003. Mr. Massey then faxed the order extending time to prepare the record to the circuit judge, who had agreed to sign the order and to forward it to the Scott County Circuit Clerk’s Office. This was not done. Subsequent to May 12, 2003, Mr. Massey telephoned the circuit clerk and discovered that the order had not been filed. The order extending the time to prepare the record was finally file-marked on May 22, 2003. Mr. Massey accepts full responsibility for lateness of the order extending time to prepare the record.

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

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

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117 S.W.3d 586, 354 Ark. 8, 2003 Ark. LEXIS 418, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/thrailkill-v-state-ark-2003.