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Cite as 2014 Ark. App. 205 ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION III No. CR-13-331 QUINTRELL RICHARDSON APPELLANT V. STATE OF ARKANSAS APPELLEE BRANDON J. HARRISON, Judge A Mississippi County jury convicted aggravated robbery. The circuit court sentenced Richardson to ten years imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Richardson appeals his convictions, arguing that the circuit court incorrectly denied his pretrial motion to suppress evidence from a police stop and that the court erred by not granting his directed-verdict motions during trial. We cannot decide the merits of Richardsons appeal now because his brief and the record do not conform to our rules. Richardsons notice of appeal states that he hereby designates the entire record proceedings, pleadings and transcript to be included in the record of appeal. This would include, but not be limited to, the record of the proceeding on September 11, 2012, at which time the Motion to Suppress filed by the Co-Defendant, Defendant Quintrell Richardson joined, denied. 1 Opinion Delivered April 2, 2014 APPEAL FROM THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT [NO. CR-11-307] HONORABLE CINDY THYER, JUDGE REMANDED TO SETTLE AND SUPPLEMENT THE RECORD; REBRIEFING ORDERED Quintrell Richardson of two counts of Damien Davis, which was heard by the Court and
Cite as 2014 Ark. App. 205 The notice appeals the courts decision on the motion to suppress, but the record does not contain the motion that Damien Davis filed and on which Richardson relies for his separate appeal. Richardsons brief also refers to the cases cited by the State in their response to the Motion to Suppress,” yet the record does not contain the States response to the defendants motion to suppress. Nor does the current record contain a written order denying the motion to suppress. This court has already decided codefendant Daviss case in Davis v. State, 2013 Ark. App. 658, but our supreme court prohibits us from judicially noticing records in other cases, even if the cases involve the same people. See Yarbro v. Gentry, 245 Ark. 602, 433 S.W.2d 381 (1968). We therefore remand this case to the circuit court to settle and supplement the record with the motion to suppress, the States response to that motion, and the courts written order, if one exists, within thirty days of this opinions date. We also order rebriefing because Richardsons abstract does not establish that he orally joined Daviss motion to suppress. Richardsons substituted brief should include this information in the abstract. Richardsons addendum needs to be supplemented too because it lacks the Stage Two: Standard Verdict Form for the Cherry Tree Gas Station. Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 4-1(a)(8) (2013) requires that he include all jury-verdict forms in the addendum. And Rule 4-2 requires that all motions and responses concerning the order or ruling challenged on appeal be included in the addendum, so Richardson should include all the court papers that concern this appeal in his substituted addendum. 2
Cite as 2014 Ark. App. 205 The deficiencies we have noted are not an exhaustive list. We encourage counsel, before filing a substituted brief, to examine Rules 4-2 and 4-3 and ensure that no additional deficiencies are present. Wells v. State, 2012 Ark. App. 151. Richardsons substituted brief, abstract, and addendum are due within fifteen days after the supplemental record has been filed with this courts clerk. Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 4-2(b)(3). The State may revise or substitute its brief within fifteen days of the filing of Richardsons substituted brief, or it may rely on its previously filed brief. Remanded to settle and supplement the record; rebriefing ordered. BROWN and HIXSON, JJ., agree. Kimberly Eden, for appellant. Dustin McDaniel, Atty Gen., by: Jake H. Jones, Asst Atty Gen., for appellee. 3
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