Edwards v. City of Conway

Failure of counsel to perfect an appeal is a basis for granting a belated appeal from a circuit court to an appellate court. In re: Belated Appeals in Criminal Cases, 265 Ark. 964 (1979); Ellis v. State, 216 Ark. 560, 637 S.W.2d 588 (1982); Nelson v. State, 272 Ark. 287, 613 S.W.2d 598 (1981). See Ark. R. Crim. P. 36.9. Just as we have the power to grant such appeals from the circuit court, the circuit court should have the power to grant belated appeals, upon a showing of good cause, from the municipal court. The court’s opinion correctly reveals that the circuit court does not now have that…