Supreme Court

Decision Information

Decision Content

PROPST V. STATE 1102 Cite as 326 Ark. 1102 (1996) [326 Johnny Mark PROPST v. STATE of Arkansas CR 96-633 934 S.W2d 533 Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered December 23, 1996 CONTEMPT EXTENSION GRANTED BUT BRIEF NOT FILED SHOWCAUSE ORDER ISSUED. Where appellant's attorney requested and was granted a thirty-day extension to file appellant's brief, but no brief was timely filed, appellant's attorney was ordered to appear to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court for his failure to file appellant's brief in a timely manner. Order to Appear and Show Cause. Joe E Atkinson, Jr., for appellant. No response. PER CURIAM. Appellant, Johnny Mark Propst, has been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to forty years' impris-
PROPST V. STATE ARK. I Cite as 326 Ark. 1102 (1996) 1103 onment. His attorney, Joe F. Atkinson Jr., requested and was granted a thirty-thy extension to August 13, 1996, to file Appellant's brief, but no brief has been filed. [1] Joe E Atkinson Jr. is therefore ordered to appear before this court on the 27th day of January, 1997, at 9:00 a.m., to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of this court for his failure to file Appellant's brief in a timely manner.
 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.