Newman v. State

Robert C. Marquette, a state-salaried, full-time public defender for the Twenty-First Judicial District, was appointed by the trial court to represent Appellant Rickey Newman, an indigent defendant, on the charge of capital murder. Following a trial, Newman was convicted of the charge and sentenced to death. A timely notice of appeal was filed by the circuit clerk, pursuant to Ark. R. App. P. — Crim. 10, and the record was timely lodged in this court.

On August 9, 2002, Mr. Marquette filed a motion to be relieved as attorney for Newman on appeal, pursuant to this court’s holdings in Rushing v.…