Smoak v. State
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SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No.
CR11-71
Opinion Delivered February 9, 2011
DAVID SMOAK
APPELLANT
MOTION FOR RULE ON CLERK
VS.
STATE OF ARKANSAS
APPELLEE
GRANTED.
PER CURIAM
Appellant David Smoak, by and through his attorney, Candice A. Settle, has filed a
motion for rule on clerk. The State has not responded to the motion. Our clerk refused to
accept the record because the order granting the extension of time to file the record was not
timely entered.
On June 4, 2010, a Pulaski County jury convicted appellant of internet stalking of a
minor and sentenced him to eight years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Appellant
timely filed his notice of appeal on June 24, 2010. When it became apparent that the court
reporter could not prepare the transcript within the ninety-day time limit, pursuant to
Arkansas Rule of Appellate Procedure–Crim. 4(b) (2010), appellant filed a motion for
extension of time to file the record on September 9, 2010. The circuit court granted the
motion and extended the time for filing the record by seven months. Appellant provided a
proposed order, but the circuit court requested modifications to the order. On September 21,
2010, appellant provided a second proposed order to extend the time. However, that order
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was not filed until September 23, 2010, which was ninety-one days after the filing of the
notice of appeal.
Pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Appellate Procedure–Crim. 4(c) (2010), the circuit court
may order an extension of time to file the record if such order is entered before expiration of
the ninety-day time period, pursuant to Rule 4(b). Thus, in the instant case, the September
23, 2010 order granting the extension was untimely. Counsel for appellant accepts fault for
the untimely filing of the order. We view this matter under Rule 4 as we do a violation of
Arkansas Rule of Appellate Procedure–Civ. 5 (2010). Because counsel has accepted fault, we
grant the motion for rule on clerk. See McDonald v. State, 356 Ark. 106, 146 S.W.3d 883
(2004). A copy of this opinion will be forwarded to the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee
on Professional Conduct.
Motion granted.
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