Collier v. State

Cite as 2013 Ark. App. 451
ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS
DIVISION IV
No. CR-12-670
Opinion Delivered August 28, 2013
APPEAL FROM THE JEFFERSON
JAMES COLLIER III COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
APPELLANT [No. CR-2011-23-1]
V. HONORABLE BERLIN C. JONES,
JUDGE
STATE OF ARKANSAS AFFIRMED; MOTION TO
APPELLEE WITHDRAW GRANTED
LARRY D. VAUGHT, Judge
Appellant James Collier III was convicted by a Jefferson County jury of aggravated
assault on a family or household member and of committing the assault in the presence of a
child. He was sentenced to a six-year term of imprisonment for the former conviction and
a two-year term of imprisonment for the latter, to be served consecutively. Pursuant to
Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 4-3(k) (2012),
Collier’s counsel filed a motion to be relieved as counsel. The motion is accompanied by an
abstract and addendum of the proceedings below, and a brief in which counsel asserts that
there is nothing in the record that would support an appeal. Collier has filed a pro se
statement of points for reversal, and the State has filed a response to Collier’s statement.1
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This is the second time we have reviewed the case. In Collier v. State, 2013 Ark. App.
119, we ordered rebriefing because counsel failed to comply with our rules for no-merit cases.
Specifically, in the prior appeal, we noted that counsel abstracted, but failed to discuss, two
adverse evidentiary rulings. However, that error has now been corrected, and counsel has again
filed a motion to withdraw.
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The test for filing a no-merit brief is not whether there is any reversible error, but
rather would an appeal be wholly frivolous. Tucker v. State, 47 Ark. App. 96, 885 S.W.2d 904
(1994). Based on our review of the record for potential error pursuant to Anders and the
requirements of Rule 4-3(k), we hold that the appellant’s appeal is wholly without merit.
Therefore, pursuant to sections (a) and (b) of In re Memorandum Opinions, 16 Ark. App. 301,
700 S.W.2d 63 (1985), we issue this memorandum opinion granting counsel’s motion to be
relieved and affirming the court’s judgment.
Affirmed; Motion to withdraw granted.
WHITEAKER and HIXSON, JJ., agree.
Cecilia Ashcraft, for appellant.
Dustin McDaniel, Att’y Gen., by: Jake H. Jones, Ass’t Att’y Gen., for appellee.
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