
    David Edward MOTES v. STATE of Arkansas
    CR 07-29
    251 S.W.3d 306
    Supreme Court of Arkansas
    Opinion delivered March 1, 2007
    
      Beverly C. Claunch, for appellant.
    No response.
   Per Curiam.

Beverly C. Claunch, a full-time managing public defender for the Sixteenth Judicial District, moves this court for a second time to withdraw from representing the appellant. Ms. Claunch’s first motion was denied as it did not state whether she is provided a state-funded secretary. See Motes v. State, 368 Ark. 600, 247 S.W.3d 814 (2007). This court instructed that Ms. Claunch could resubmit her motion, providing information about whether she is provided a stated-funded secretary, in order for us to determine whether she qualifies for relief from appellant’s representation. See id.

Since this court’s decision in Rushing v. State, 340 Ark. 84, 8 S.W.3d 489 (2000), in which we held that full-time, state-salaried public defenders were ineligible for compensation for their work on appeal, the General Assembly has changed the law. Act 1370 of 2001 provided, in part: “[PJersons employed as full-time public defenders who are not provided a state funded secretary, may also seek compensation for appellate work from the Arkansas Supreme Court or the Arkansas Court of Appeals.” Act of Apr. 5, 2001, No. 1370, 2001 Ark. Acts 5165, § 1 (codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 19-4-1604(b)(2)(B) (Supp. 2005)).

Ms. Claunch’s most recent motion reveals that she is not provided a state-funded secretary. Because Ms. Claunch may be compensated for her work, we deny her motion to withdraw as counsel.

Denied.  