Snowden v. Benton

James R. Cooper, Judge.

The appellant in this civil case sought an appeal from an order of the Faulkner County Circuit Court entered December 20, 1993. The appellant filed a motion for a new trial on December 22, 1993. No ruling was ever made on the new trial motion. The appellant filed a notice of appeal on January 20, 1994, from the circuit court’s order of December 20, 1993. We are constrained to dismiss this appeal because the notice of appeal was untimely.

A notice of appeal filed prior to the disposition of a motion for a new trial is without effect under Ark. R. App. R 4(c). The Rule…