488 [344 Marlon Donte HOWELL v. STATE of Arkansas CR 01-349 40 S.W3d 800 Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered April 19, 2001 ATTORNEY & CLIENT - PETITION TO WITHDRAW GRANTED - SUBSTITUTED COUNSEL APPOINTED. - Where, as a state-salaried, part-time public defender, counsel was ineligible for compensation by the supreme court for work performed in the appeal of this matter, the supreme court granted counsel's motion to be relieved for good cause shown and substituted another attorney. Petition to Withdraw granted; Substituted Counsel appointed. Danny P Rodgers, for appellant. No response. ER CURIAM. Danny P. Rodgers, a state-salaried, fiill-time P Managing Public Defender for the Eighth Judicial District North, was appointed by the trial court to represent appellant Marlon Donte Howell, an indigent defendant, in this criminal case. Following a trial by jury, Howell was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. A notice of appeal from the judgment was timely filed, and a partial record has been lodged with our clerk. [1] Mr. Rodgers now asks this court to relieve him as counsel for Howell in this appeal. As a state-salaried, full-time Managing Public Defender for the Eighth Judicial District North, Mr. Rod-gers is ineligible for compensation by this court for work performed in the appeal of this matter pursuant to our recent opinion in Rushing v. State, 340 Ark. 84, 8 S.W3d 489 (2000). In Tester v. State, 341 Ark. 281, 16 S.W3d 227 (2000), we relieved appellant's court-appointed public defender and appointed new counsel on appeal under similar circumstances. See also, Craft v. State, 342 Ark. 57, 26 S.W3d 584 (2000); McFerrin v. State, 342 Ark. 61, 26 S.W3d 429 (2000); Bolton v. State, 342 Ark. 55, 26 S.W3d 783 (2000). We grant Mr. Rodgers's motion to be relieved for good cause shown. Linda Scribner will be substituted as attorney for appellant Marlon Donte Howell in this matter.
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