Gollihar v. State

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

This appeal requires us to determine whether appellant’s failure to comply with a reasonable, nonjurisdictional statutory rule of procedure for designating the *86record on appeal may be the basis of his claimed denial of effective assistance of counsel on appeal. Holding that it may not, we affirm.

Appellant Donald Charles Gollihar was convicted of the offense of burglary, for which his punishment was assessed at confinement for ten years and a fine of $8,000. On the day sentence was imposed, 31 October 1984, appellant timely gave notice of appeal, the prerequisite to…