290 [361 Hezekiah PIERCE v. STATE ofArkansas CR 05-230 206 S W3d 247 Supreme Court ofArkansas Opinion delivered March 31, 2005 APPEAL & ERROR — MOTION FOR RULE ON CLERK — MOTION FOR BELATED APPEAL GRANTED — An admission by all attorney for a crumnal defendant that the notice of appeal was not filed in a timely manner due to a mistake on his part IS good cause to grant a motion for rule on clerk, which the court treated as a motion for belated appeal Motion for Rule on Clerk; motion for belated appeal granted. Jonathan T Lane, for appellant. No response. ER CURIAM. Hezekiah Pierce, by his attorney, Jonathan T. p Lane, has filed a motion for rule on the clerk. His attorney admits that the notice of appeal was not filed in a timely manner due to a mistake on his part. [1] We find that such error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to grant the motion, which we will treat as a motion for belated appeal. See Terry IL State, 272 Ark. 243, 613 S.W.2d 90 (1981); In Re; Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979) (per curiam) The motion for belated appeal is, therefore, granted. A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.
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