Porter v. State

Ronald Porter, by his attorney, has filed a motion for a rule on the clerk requesting permission to file an untimely petition for review. Because our rule on motions for rule on clerk, Ark. Sup. Ct. R. 2-2, provides for belated appeals rather than belated review of decisions of the court of appeals, we treat the motion as a petition for belated review.

In this criminal case, the movant’s convictions were affirmed by the court of appeals on September 22, 1993. Porter v. State, 43 Ark. App. 110, 861 S.W.2d 122 (1993). Porter wished to seek a review by this court. However, Porter’s attorney,…