Dubose v. State

The appellant, Stan Dubose, appeals his convictions for assault in the second degree and kidnapping in the second degree. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison on the assault conviction and to 40 years in prison on the kidnapping conviction, the sentences to be served consecutively. Du-bose was convicted of the offenses in December 1995, but he was not sentenced until January 2009. He filed a written notice of appeal on March 2, 2009. While attempting to obtain the transcript this Court was notified by the circuit clerk’s office that the transcript of Dubose’s 1995 trial could not be…