Cooper v. State

Appellant, Curtis Fern Cooper, on December 9, 1971, filed a notice of appeal from an order denying motion for transcript entered on October 21, 1971. The State promptly moved to dismiss the notice of appeal, which was obviously insufficient, and by order dated January 18, 1972, this Court dismissed the appeal. This Court noted, however, that in appellant’s assignment of errors attached to his notice of appeal, he stated that “counsel for the defense, in open court, stated he would appeal”, and that he “was relying on the statement made by his attorney that an appeal would be taken from this…