Evans v. State

On May 5, 2003, judgment was entered reflecting that Steven Evans had been found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree and sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment. Evans also entered a plea of guilty to the offense of failure to appear and was sentenced by a jury to thirty-six months’ imprisonment to be served consecutively to the 180-month term.

Counsel for Evans filed a timely motion for new trial, which was denied on May 23, 2003. On June 6, 2003, an order was entered by the court relieving Evans’s attorney.

On July 3, 2003, Evans filed an untimely pro se notice of appeal from the…