Merrick v. Commonwealth

OPINION AND ORDER

BARBER, Judge.

This matter comes before us in response to an order directing appellant, represented by the Department of Public Advocacy, to show cause why appeal number 2003-CA-000306-MR, prosecuted under the expedited appeal procedure set out in Gabbard v. Lair, Ky., 528 S.W.2d 675 (1975), should not be dismissed as untimely, and upon appellant Merrick’s pro se motion for belated appeal, appeal number 2003-CA-000990-MR, from the entry of an order granting his application to proceed in for-ma pauperis on appeal but requiring him to bear the costs associated with the…