ARK.] WATSON v. STATE 201 Cite as 280 Ark. 201 (1983) Samuel Jonathan WATSON v. STATE of Arkansas 655 S.W.2d 458 Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered July 18, 1983 APPEAL gt ERROR — MOTION FOR BELATED APPEAL — ADMISSION OF MISTAKE BY ATTORNEY GOOD CAUSE FOR GRANTING. — An admission by an attorney for a criminal defendant that the appeal was not perfected as required due to a mistake on his part is good cause to grant a motion for belated appeal. Motion for Belated Appeal; motion granted. Mathis & Childers, by: Travis Mathis, for appellant. Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by: Alice Ann Burns, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee. PER CURIAM. Samuel Jonathan Watson's motion for a belated appeal is granted because the trial court found that
his attorney below, Wayne R. Williams, had failed to perfect his appeal as required. A copy of this per curiam is forwarded to the Committee on Professional Ethics in accordance with the practice we have heretofore established.
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