Williams v. State

Alan D. Williams filed a motion for belated appeal in the court of appeals. The court of appeals certified the motion to this court because, pursuant to Ark. R. App. P. &emdash; Crim. 2(e), the supreme court may act upon and decide a case in which the notice of appeal was not timely. Williams filed this motion for belated appeal seeking relief after the court of appeals granted a motion to dismiss his prior appeal for failure to timely file a notice of appeal.

This case arises from a conditional plea of guilty under Ark. R. Crim P. 24.3 On November 1, 2004, a hearing was held in the circuit…