Gidron v. State

On March 26,1990, a Judgment was entered in the Circuit Court of Crittenden County reflecting that the appellant Irwin Gidron had been found guilty by a jury of battery in the second degree-and murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of six and twenty years imprisonment. On February 8, 1993, this court by Per Curiam Order directed Gidron’s court-appointed attorney at trial, Davis Loftin, to appear to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of this court for failure to perfect an appeal in the case. While pleading not guilty to being in contempt of this…