Vest v. State
This text of 138 S.W.3d 688 (Vest v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Arkansas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Appellant, Kelly Vest, by and through his attorney, Stuart Vess, has filed a motion to file a belated appeal, which we will treat as a motion for rule on clerk. His attorney accepts responsibility for the untimeliness in filing the record and states in his motion that the lateness was due to a mistake on his part. We find that such 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); Jacks v. State, 344 Ark. 406, 39 S.W.3d 798 (2001).
Appellant’s motion is granted. A copy of this per curiam will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.
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138 S.W.3d 688, 355 Ark. 391, 2003 Ark. LEXIS 675, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/vest-v-state-ark-2003.