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ARK.] WALKER V. STATE 303 cite as 296 Ark. 303 (1988) Robin WALKER v. STATE of Arkansas RC 88-39 759 S.W.2d 791 Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered September 12, 1988 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE MOTION FOR RULE ON THE CLERK ATTORNEY'S ADMITTED ERROR IN MISCALCULATION OF LIMIT FOR FILING RECORD WAS GOOD CAUSE TO GRANT. Where appellant's attorney admitted the record was tendered late due to her miscalculation of the ninety-day limit for filing the record, the error was good cause to grant the motion. Motion for Rule on the Clerk; granted. Beverly C. Claunch, for appellant. No response. PER CURIAM Appellant, Robin Walker, by his attorney, Beverly C. Claunch, has filed a motion for rule on the clerk. His attorney admits that the record was tendered late due to her miscalculation of the ninety-day limit for filing the record in this Court. See Ark. R. App. P. 5(a). [1] We find that such error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to grant the motion. See per curiam dated February 5, 1979, In Re: Belated Appeals In Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964; Terry v. State, 272 Ark. 243, 613 S.W.2d 90 (1981). A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.
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