Waddle v. State
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Opinion
The appellants, Timothy L. Waddle and Irene L. Waddle, have filed a motion for rule on the clerk. Their attorney, C. Richard Lippard, admits that the notice of appeal was untimely filed due to a mistake on his part.
We treat appellants’ request for rule on the clerk as a motion for a belated appeal. See, e.g., Hicks v. State, 325 Ark. 192, 923 S.W.2d 872 (1996). We find that the error of failing to timely file a notice of appeal, admittedly made by counsel for criminal defendants, is good cause to grant the motion. See In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979) (per curiam).
We grant the motion for belated appeal. A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.
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936 S.W.2d 554, 327 Ark. 204, 1997 Ark. LEXIS 48, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/waddle-v-state-ark-1997.