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NOBLE V. STATE 912 Cite as 326 Ark. 912 (1996) [326 Sherman NOBLE v. STATE of Arkansas CR 96-1442 934 S.W2d 525 Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered December 16, 1996 APPEAL & ERROR - MOTION FOR BELATED APPEAL - GOOD CAUSE FOR GRANTING. - An acknowledgment by the attorney for a criminal defendant that it was her responsibility to give a timely notice of appeal is good cause to grant the motion. Motion for Belated Appeal; granted. Gail Anderson, for appellant. No response. PER CURIAM. Petitioner, Sherman Noble, by his attorney, Gail Anderson, has filed a motion for belated appeal. The attorney has acknowledged that it was her responsibility to give a timely notice of appeal. [1] We find that such an error, admittedly made by the attorney for a criminal defendant, is good cause to grant the . mo-don. See In Re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979)(per curiam). Accordingly, we grant the motion and direct that a copy of this opinion be forwarded to the Committee on Professional Conduct.
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