Thomas v. State

OPINION

After being convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, appellant McKinley Dale Thomas filed a pro se motion requesting appointment of appellate counsel, a new trial, and a new trial hearing. The trial court granted the request for appellate counsel but did not conduct a hearing and allowed the motion for new trial to be overruled by operation of law.

In this appeal, appellant claims (1) the trial court improperly allowed the State to amend the indictment after trial began, (2) he was denied counsel in the critical thirty-day period after sentencing, and (3) the trial court…