Butts v. State

Miller, Judge.

In February 1996, a jury found Larry Butts guilty of three counts of selling cocaine. At the conclusion of the sentencing hearing on February 29, 1996, the trial court sentenced Butts to three concurrent life terms. No appeal followed.

More than three years later, acting pro se, Butts filed a verified request to proceed in forma pauperis. The court apparently did not rule on this request. Butts then filed a motion styled as “Out [sic] Time Motion For New Trial,” in which he raised the general grounds and ineffective assistance and in which he also contended that he was denied the…