Symanowski v. State

The appellant, Catherine Marie Symanowski, was convicted of murder on April 20, 1990, and she was sentenced to life imprisonment on May 23, 1990. The trial record shows no filing of a notice of appeal or any post-trial motion after trial. On January 25, 1991, Symanowski requested a trial transcript. This request was denied on February 13, 1991. Symanowski then filed a request dated February 19, 1991, for appointment of counsel "to represent [her] in filing a motion for an appeal out of time . . . on grounds that [she] was denied effective assistance of counsel." The circuit court appointed…