Pipkin v. State

Ivan Floyd Pipkin was sentenced to four years imprisonment on a charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. His attorney, A. Wayne Davis, failed to file a timely brief. By per curiam order of this Court, dated December 6, 1994, a Master was appointed to conduct a hearing and make findings of fact as to whether Mr. Davis had a meritorious defense to his failure to file a brief on behalf of Pipkin in this matter within the time prescribed in Rule 4-3 of the rules of the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.

The Master conducted a hearing on December 21, 1994.…