Staley v. State

ORDER ON PETITION SEEKING BELATED APPEAL

Elwood Staley petitions for a belated appeal of a judgment and sentence of the Washington County Circuit Court. He alleges in his sworn petition that he relied on his trial counsel’s assurances that a timely notice of appeal would be filed, only to discover after the time had expired for seeking review that an appeal had not been initiated. We take this opportunity to outline the procedure the court will now follow in instances such as this, where a petition for belated appeal presents a facially sufficient claim for relief grounded on the alleged…