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ARK.] STEWART V. STATE 117 Cite as 288 Ark. 117 (1986) Joe Willie STEWART v. STATE of Arkansas 702 S.W.2d 2 Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered January 27, 1986 APPEAL & ERROR MOTION FOR RULE ON THE CLERK GOOD CAUSE FOR GRANTING. Where the attorney for a criminal defendant admits that the record was tendered late due to a miscalculation on his part, this is good cause for granting a motion for rule on the clerk. Motion for Rule on the Clerk; motion granted. John Norman Warnock, for petitioner. Steve Clark, Att'y Gen., by: Theodore Holder, Asst. Att'y Gen., for respondent. PER CURIAM. Petitioner, Joe Willie Stewart, by his attorney,
118 [288 John Norman Warnock, has filed a motion for rule on the clerk. His attorney admits that the record was tendered late due to his miscalculation of the ninety-day limit for filing the record in this Court. See Ark. R. App. P. 5(a). 1111 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, 265 Ark. 964; Terry v. State, 272 Ark. 243 (1981). A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct. PURTLE J., not participating.
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