Phillips v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was convicted in 1971 of five counts of armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, and one count of motor vehicle theft, all occurring on one occasion on March 31, 1971. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for each robbery, ten years imprisonment for each assault, and seven years imprisonment for motor vehicle *835theft, with all sentences to run consecutively. Despite a timely request to appeal, trial counsel filed none. On September 25, 1984, upon habeas corpus petition, the court concluded that defendant had been denied his right to appeal and granted it…