Holt v. State
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SLIP OPINION
Cite as 2011 Ark. 213
SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. CR10-1164
Opinion Delivered 5-12-11
MOTION TO FILE BELATED BRIEF
GREGORY HOLT,
APPELLANT,
VS.
MOTION GRANTED.
STATE OF ARKANSAS,
APPELLEE,
PER CURIAM
Appellant’s brief was due to be filed on March 17, 2011. Appellant had retained
counsel, Edward G. Adcock. The brief was not filed by that date, and no motion to file a
belated brief was filed by counsel. Instead, appellant filed a pro se motion to file a belated pro
se brief. On April 14, 2010, this court issued a per curiam directing the attorney for Holt, Mr.
Adcock, to file a motion to file belated brief within seven days. Holt v. State, 2011 Ark. 167
(per curiam). Adcock filed the instant motion on April 21, 2010. He asks for an additional
twenty days to file appellant’s brief.
This court will accept a criminal appellant’s belated brief to prevent an appeal from
being aborted. See Turner v. State, 2010 Ark. 421 (per curiam). Good cause must be shown
to grant the motion. See id; see also Strom v. State, 356 Ark. 224, 147 S.W.3d 689 (2004) (per
curiam) (holding that appellate counsel’s admitted failure to timely file the brief constituted
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