Colbert v. State

David Mark Gunter, a state-salaried, part-time public defender, was appointed by the trial court to represent appellant Isaac Colbert, an indigent defendant, in this criminal case. Colbert was convicted of simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms and sentenced to fife imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Mr. Gunter timely filed a notice of appeal from the judgment of conviction and lodged the appellate record with the Supreme Court Clerk.

Mr. Gunter now asks this court to relieve him as appellant’s counsel and to appoint new counsel. As a state-salaried, part-time public…