Ragsdale v. State

On May 14, 1997, Danny Lee Ragsdale was am. guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court of Greene County of terroristic threatening in the second degree and sentenced to a term of seventy-two months’ imprisonment. An appeal bond in the amount of $25,000 was set. Ragsdale’s retained attorney, Richard Grasby, filed a notice of appeal on May 28, 1997. An appeal was not perfected, and Ragsdale now seeks to proceed with a belated appeal of the judgment pursuant to Rule 2(e) of the Rules of Appellate Procedure — Criminal, which permits a belated appeal in a criminal case in some instances.

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