Conley v. State

Joe Conley was convicted in the Circuit Court of Independence County of delivery of a controlled substance, cocaine, and was sentenced to a term of ten years imprisonment. He was represented at trial by retained counsel C. Eric Hance. No appeal was taken. Petitioner has now filed a pro se motion for belated appeal in which he asserts that he made known his desire to appeal to Mr. Hance who did not take steps to perfect an appeal. Mr. Hance has filed an affidavit in response to the motion for belated appeal stating that petitioner did not ask to appeal and stated rather that he would not want…