Supreme Court of Arkansas
State v. Vann Bragg
June 9, 20162016 Ark. 242
Summary
The court dismissed the State's appeal from an order granting Rule 37 postconviction relief because the State failed to lodge the appellate record within ninety days after filing its first notice of appeal. The initial order was final for purposes of triggering the filing period despite the circuit court's failure to include the written findings required by Rule 37.3(c); that omission would have warranted a remand for fact-finding, not delayed finality. Because timely filing of the record is jurisdictional, the court lacked jurisdiction to reach the merits.