McDuffie v. State

Appellant has asked us to enter an order granting him permission to file a belated appeal. We remanded the cause to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing. The trial court conducted a hearing as to whether the appellant waived his right of appeal and, if not, which counsel was responsible to proceed with the appeal.

Appellant’s conviction judgment had been entered on May 25, 1990. He had been represented by Mr. Christopher Mercer, who apparently also represented him on some other pending charges. After his conviction, appellant contacted the John Wesley Hall, Jr. Law Firm to represent him…