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BOWDEN V. STATE ARK. Cite as 325 Ark. 95 (1996) 95 Lamont BOWDEN v. STATE of Arkansas CR 95-1258 925 S.W2d 158 Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered June 21, 1996 CONTEMPT SHOWCAUSE ORDER ISSUED. Where appellant's attorney had been given four extensions to file appellant's brief but had failed to do so, the attorney was ordered to appear before the supreme court on July 1, 1996, at 9:00 a.m., to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for his repeated failures to file appellant's brief. Show-Cause Order. PER CURIAM. Appellant, Lamont Bowden, has been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. His attorney, Ronald Carey Nichols, requested and was granted a thirty-thy extension to February 14, 1996, to file appellant's brief. On February 14, 1996, he was given a second thirty-thy extension, making the brief due on March 15, 1996. On March 19, 1996, appellant's attorney was granted a third extension to April 14, 1996. A final extension to April 28, 1996, was then given to file the appellant's brief, but no brief has been filed. [1] Ronald Carey Nichols is therefore ordered to appear before this court on the 1st day of July, 1996, at 9:00 a.m., to show
96 [325 cause why he should not be held in contempt of this court for his repeated failures to file appellant's brief.
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