Reid v. State

Appellant, Ymari Boyce Reid, by and through her attorney, John L. Kearney, filed a motion for rule on clerk to file her record and have her appeal docketed on October 17, 2008. The State has not responded to the motion. The clerk refused to accept the record because the record before us does not show strict compliance with Arkansas Rule of Appellate Procedure-Civil 5(b)(1)(C).

We have held that Rule 5(b)(1) applies to both civil and criminal cases for the determination of the timeliness of a record on appeal. See Bond v. State, 373 Ark. 37, 280 S.W.3d 20 (2008) (per curiam). Nevertheless, on…