Smothers v. State

Appellant Aaron Smothers entered a negotiated guilty plea to several felony counts and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment in the Pulaski County Circuit Court. He was represented below by private counsel, Stephen Morley. A judgment and commitment order was entered on April 20, 2004. On June 9th, petitioner filed a pro se notice of appeal in the circuit court. A partial record was tendered to this court on August 31st. That same date, our clerk’s office notified Mr. Morley and informed him that, as attorney of record, he would need to file a motion for belated appeal on appellant’s…