ARKANSAS COURT OF APPEALS

NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION

CHIEF JUDGE JOHN F. STROUD, JR.

DIVISION I

EDWARD WAYNE BUCKELEW

APPELLANT

V.

STATE OF ARKANSAS

APPELLEE

CACR 99-1507

January 9, 2002

APPEAL FROM THE VAN BUREN

COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

[CR-98-122]

HONORABLE DAVID L.

REYNOLDS, CIRCUIT JUDGE

AFFIRMED

Appellant, Edward Wayne Buckelew, was tried by a jury and found guilty of the offenses of sexual abuse in the first degree and terroristic threatening in the first degree. The alleged victim was approximately nine years old at the time of the attack, which took place on a couch, late at night, in her mother's mobile home. Appellant was sentenced to six years on the former offense and three on the latter, to run consecutively for a total of nine years. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and Rule 4-3(j)1 of the Rules of the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, appellant's attorney has filed a motion to withdraw and accompanying brief, contending that the appeal is without merit. This motion was accompanied by an abstract and brief containing the rulings decided adversely to

appellant and sufficient portions of the record to support the arguments that the rulings do not provide a meritorious ground for reversal. The clerk of this court furnished appellant with a copy of his counsel's brief and notified him of his right to file a pro se list of points for review within thirty days. Appellant did not file such a list.

From our review of the record and the brief presented to us, we find that there has been compliance with Rule 4-3(j) and that the appeal is without merit. Accordingly, counsel's motion to be relieved is granted and the judgment of conviction is affirmed.

Affirmed.

Hart and Neal, JJ., agree.

1 Currently Rule 4-3(i), as amended by per curiam opinion of the supreme court dated May 31, 2001, effective July 1, 2001. The brief in the instant case was filed prior to the effective date of the change.