Byrd v. State

After offering Byrd a thirty year sentence if he pled, an offer Byrd rejected, the court, after trial (and after pleas to other charges), sentenced Byrd to seventy-five years. Byrd, whose original appeal *312was submitted on an Anders brief with Byrd being denied the opportunity to file a separate brief, now claims ineffective assistance of appellate counsel and seeks a belated appeal. We agree and authorize a belated appeal.

We take no position on whether Byrd’s sentence is too harsh. Indeed, his record deserves a serious sentence. The problem with the sentence entered herein is created by the…