Rhodes v. State

| ^Appellant Jarvis Rhodes was convicted of capital felony murder in 1987. Appellant subsequently filed a petition for relief, which was denied on October 27, 2008. An appeal from that judgment has been lodged in this court. Appellant is represented on appeal by Horace J. Fikes, Jr., a full-time public defender. Mr. Fikes now asks that he be permitted to withdraw as counsel on the ground that he is ineligible for compensation for services as appellate counsel.

Act 1370 of 2001, codified as Arkansas Code Annotated section 19—4—1604(b)(2)(B) (Supp.2001), provides that persons employed as…