HAYNES V. STATE 456 Cite as 350 Ark. 456 (2002) [350 James Kelly HAYNES v. STATE of Arkansas CR 02-1087 88 S.W.3d 426 Supreme Court of Arkansas Opinion delivered October 31, 2002 APPEAL & ERROR - MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS ATTORNEY ON DIRECT APPEAL - GRANTED. - Where appellant's appointed counsel was a state-salaried full-time public defender who was provided a state-funded secretary, pursuant to Act 1370 of 2001, he could not receive compensation for appellate work; accordingly, counsel's motion to be relieved was granted for good cause shown. Motion to Withdraw as Attorney on Direct Appeal and Motion for Extension of Time; motion to withdraw as attorney on direct appeal granted. R. Paul Hughes, III, for appellant. No response. ER CURIAM. R. Paul Hughes, III, a State-salaried, full-p time public defender in Sebastian County was appointed by the trial court to represent appellant, James Kelley Haynes, an indigent defendant, in this rape and residential burglary case. Haynes was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mr. Hughes timely filed a notice of appeal from the judgment of conviction and lodged the appellate record with our clerk.
ARK.] 457 [1] Mr. Hughes now asks this court to relieve him as counsel for Mr. Haynes or in the alternative to grant him additional time in which to file Mr. Haynes's abstract and brief. Mr. Hughes is a full-time public defender and is provided a State-funded secretary. Pursuant to Act 1370 of 2001, Mr. Hughes cannot receive compensation for appellate work. Accordingly, we grant Mr. Hughes's motion to be relieved for good cause shown. See Mills v. State, 347 Ark. 911, 68 S.W.3d 294 (2002) (per curiam). Tim Cul-len will be substituted as attorney for appellant. Granted.
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