Davis v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was tried before a jury and convicted of robbery and theft by taking on December 11, 1996. On March 20, 1997, defendant, acting pro se, filed a document entitled, “MOTION FOR OUT OF TIME APPEAL AND/OR EXTRAORDINARY MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL.” Defendant pertinently alleges in this motion that his trial attorney was ineffective because he did not file a timely notice of appeal from defendant’s judgment of conviction and sentence.

Appellate counsel, representing himself as the Pulaski County public defender, entered an appearance for defendant on December 16, 1997,…