Blakely v. State

On June 2, 1981, petitioner L. V. Blakely pleaded guilty to second degree forgery. The trial court suspended imposition of sentence for five years. On November 8, 1982, a hearing was held on a petition to revoke the suspended sentence filed by the State. The petition was granted. Blakely has now filed a motion seeking permission to file a belated appeal of that action. His attorney at the revocation hearing, Mike J. Etoch, has submitted an affidavit in response to the motion.

Petitioner alleges that he wrote Mr. Etoch three times asking him to appeal the revocation. Mr. Etoch concedes that…