Spillers v. State

On May 24, 2000, appellant Carl Eugene Spillers filed a motion for belated appeal and evidentiary hearing. He based his motion on the duty of trial counsel, Steven Risher, to file his appeal. We remanded to the Pulaski County Circuit Court for an evidentiary hearing on whether Spillers informed counsel of his desire to appeal. Spillers v. State, 341 Ark. 749, 19 S.W.3d 35 (2000). On August 18, 2000, a hearing was held before the circuit court. On October 30, 2000, the circuit court entered an order in which it found that Spillers. had indeed advised his attorney in timely fashion that he…