Graham v. State

The court appointed attorney for petitioner has filed his motion for allowance of attorney’s fees in this case upon the erroneous premise that he has fulfilled his duties in the present case. Counsel has taken our per curiam order of October 30, 1978, appearing in 264 Ark. at 489, 572 S.W. 2d 385, as a denial of a belated appeal. This is a misinterpretation of that order. The order concludes with the statement:

Appropriate action in this matter should be taken by the petitioner in the trial court.

The per curiam order of October 30, 1978 only denied the petitioner’s petition to vacate his…