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Porter v. State

Citations

  • 2 S.W.3d 73
  • 339 Ark. 15
  • 1999 Ark. LEXIS 533

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  • finding “good cause” for petitioner’s failure to file a timely habeas petition where the petitioner’s attorney terminated his representation with­out notifying petitioner and without taking “any formal steps to withdraw as the attorney of record”
  • finding “good cause” for petitioner’s failure to file a timely habeas petition where the petitioner’s attorney terminated his representation without notifying petitioner and with- out taking “any formal steps to withdraw as the attorney of record”
  • pre-Rule 37.5 case; Rule 37 petition was late due to confusion over representation by counsel; held good cause was established “in the narrowest of instances where the death penalty was involved.”
  • reviewing appeal despite untimely Rule 37.5 petition
  • reviewing appeal despite untimely Rule 37.5 petition

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Judges: W.H. \Dub\ Arnold

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