Brewer v. State

John F. Stroud, Jr., Judge.

Appellant was tried by a jury and convicted of two counts of rape involving victims younger than fourteen years of age. On December 12, 1997, the trial court sentenced appellant to twenty years’ imprisonment on each count and ordered that the sentences be served concurrently. Theresa Nazario, appellant’s court-appointed attorney, filed notice of appeal and ordered the transcript of the trial proceedings. A two-volume transcript, consisting of almost a thousand pages and costing $2,748.60, was provided at the State’s expense because appellant was indigent. On…