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ARK.] BRUNSON V. STATE 230-A Cite as 296 Ark. 220 (1988) SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION ON DENIAL OF REHEARING SEPTEMBER 19, 1988 756 S.W.2d 457 APPEAL & ERROR CASE NOT SET FOR ORAL ARGUMENT NO ERROR IN OPINION PETITION FOR REHEARING DENIED. Although the clerk inadvertently failed to set the case for oral argument, the court refused to vacate its opinion and denied the petition for rehearing where its examination of appellant's arguments in his petition for rehearing convinced the court that its opinion contained no error. Petition for Rehearing; denied. PER CURIAM. The petitioner, Billy Joe Brunson, was convicted on charges of rape, aggravated robbery, and kidnapping (two counts). We affirmed. Brunson v. State, 296 Ark. 220, 753 S.W.2d 859 (1988). Brunson petitions this court for a rehearing on the grounds that at the time briefs were originally filed he had requested by letter that the case be set for oral argumentwhich was never done. In support of his petition, Brunson alleges five errors of fact or law in our opinion of July 18, 1988, and requests that we vacate the opinion and set the case for oral argument. While we acknowledge the inadvertent error by the clerk in
230-B BRUNSON V. STATE [296 Cite as 296 Ark. 220 (1988) failing to set the case for oral argument, our examination of Brunson's arguments in his petition for rehearing convinces us that our July opinion contains no error. Accordingly, the petition for rehearing is denied. PURTLE, J., would grant.
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