Mancia v. State
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SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. CR08-00770
CRISTOBAL MANCIA,
Opinion Delivered
April 16, 2009
APPELLANT,
APPEAL FROM THE BENTON
COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT,
NO. CR 2007-802-1,
HON. TOMMY J. KEITH, JUDGE,
VS.
STATE OF ARKANSAS,
APPELLEE,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.
PER CURIAM
Attorney Bruce Jamison Bennett represents Appellant Cristobal Mancia who was
convicted of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment. A notice of appeal was filed on Mr.
Mancia’s behalf, and the appellate record was subsequently filed in this court. Thereafter, on
August 11 and October 18, 2008, Mr. Bennett received extension of the deadline for filing
Mr. Mancia’s brief. The final deadline to file Mr. Mancia’s brief was November 24, 2008.
The deadline was not met; instead, on November 24, 2008, Mr. Bennett filed a third motion
for an extension of time in which to file Mr. Mancia’s brief. That motion was summarily
denied on November 25, 2008.
On March 4, 2009, the State filed a motion to dismiss Mr. Mancia’s appeal on grounds
that no brief had been filed by Mr. Mancia, nor has Mr. Mancia filed a motion for permission
to file his belated brief. Mr. Bennett has not responded to the State’s motion.
Because Mr. Bennett has not been relieved as counsel, he remains attorney-of-record
and responsible for the appeal. Ark. R. App. P. - Crim. 16. He is directed to file within seven
days of the date of this opinion a motion to file belated brief. Mr. Bennett is further directed
to appear before this court on May 7, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. and show cause why he should not
be held in contempt for failing to file his client’s brief on or before November 24, 2008, as
previously ordered.
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