ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT
NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION

January 22, 2004

MARK R. LATTA

Appellant

v.

STATE OF ARKANSAS

Appellee

CR 03-494

PRO SE MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF [CIRCUIT COURT OF GARLAND COUNTY, CR 98-390-I]

MOTION GRANTED

Per Curiam

Mark R. Latta was found guilty of manufacturing a controlled substance and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. The court of appeals affirmed. Latta v. State, CACR 00-910 (Ark. App. May 30, 2001). Latta subsequently filed in the trial court a timely petition pursuant to Criminal Procedure Rule 37 seeking to vacate the judgment. The petition was denied after a hearing, and the record on appeal from the order has been lodged here. Appellant Latta, who is in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Correction and proceeding pro se, sought and was granted an extension of time to file the appellant's brief and access to a copy of the transcript lodged in this appeal to prepare the brief. Latta v. State, CR 03-494 (Ark. October 9, 2003) (per curiam).

Before the date the brief was due for filing, appellant filed the instant motion requesting an additional extension of sixty days' time to file the brief. We grant the motion but extend the time to file the brief to thirty days from the date of this opinion rather than the sixty days requested inasmuch as appellant has already been allowed since May 5, 2003, to submit his brief.

Motion granted.