Kimbrell v. State

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ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS
DIVISION II
No. CR-15-281
TRENT A. KIMBRELL Opinion Delivered October 7, 2015
APPELLANT
APPEAL FROM THE POLK
COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
V. [NO. CR-1994-124, CR-2004-5]
HONORABLE J.W. LOONEY, JUDGE
STATE OF ARKANSAS SUPPLEMENTAL ADDENDUM
APPELLEE ORDERED
PHILLIP T. WHITEAKER, Judge
In January 1995, Appellant Trent Kimbrell entered a plea of no contest to one count
of conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance in Case No. CR-1994-124. At that time, he
was placed on four years’ probation pursuant to Act 376 of 1975, which permits expungement
of one’s criminal record upon successful completion of probation. In January 2014, the State
charged Kimbrell with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm in Case No. CR-
2014-5. Kimbrell sought to dismiss the charge in CR-2014-5, asserting that his record should
have been expunged years earlier. Kimbrell also filed a petition to seal in CR-1994-124,
contending that he had successfully completed his probation in that case. The Polk County
Circuit Court denied both requests, and Kimbrell challenges those decisions on appeal.
Because we must order supplementation of Kimbrell’s addendum, however, we are unable
to reach the merits of his argument at this time.
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The addendum to Kimbrell’s brief includes the circuit court’s December 11, 2014
order denying Kimbrell’s petition to seal in CR-1994-124. It also contains a “revised notice
of appeal,” filed on February 9, 2015, which purports to appeal from the December 11 order
as well as “all of this court’s prior rulings that shaped the December 11, 2014 order, whether
originally in case number CR-1994-124 or CR-2014-5, now consolidated.” The addendum
does not, however, contain any order consolidating those two cases, nor, given that the
February 9, 2015 notice of appeal was designated as “revised,” does it contain an original
notice of appeal from the December 11, 2014 order.
Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 4-2(a)(8)(A) provides that the addendum must include
any document in the record that is essential for the appellate court to confirm its jurisdiction,
see Barner v. State, 2015 Ark. App. 61, and a timely notice of appeal is essential to this court’s
jurisdiction. See Tubbs v. Hobbs, 2015 Ark. 99. It is not apparent from the addendum provided
to this court that Kimbrell’s February 9, 2015 notice of appeal was timely filed from the
December 11, 2014 order. See Ark. R. App. P.–Crim. 2(a) (a notice of appeal must be filed
within thirty days from the date of entry of a judgment).
Pursuant to Rule 4-2(b)(4), if this court determines that deficiencies or omissions in
the abstract or addendum need to be corrected, but complete rebriefing is not needed, then
the court will order the appellant to file a supplemental abstract or addendum within seven
calendar days to provide the additional materials from the record to the members of the
appellate court. Accordingly, we order Kimbrell to file, within seven days, a supplemental
addendum that includes any order consolidating CR-1994-124 and CR-2004-5, as well as
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any other notice of appeal that was filed in this case. We also strongly encourage counsel,
prior to filing the supplement, to review our rules as well as the abstract and addendum to
ensure that no additional deficiencies are present.
Supplemental addendum ordered.
GLADWIN, C.J., and HOOFMAN, J., agree.
Danielson Law Firm, PLLC, by: Erik P. Danielson, for appellant.
Leslie Rutledge, Att’y Gen., by: Kristen C. Green, Ass’t Att’y Gen., for appellee.
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