Strawbridge v. State

On March 8, 1996, Kenneth Monroe Straw-bridge was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court of Faulkner County of two felony offenses and three misdemeanors. Defendant Strawbridge was sentenced as a habitual offender to an aggregate se'ntence of 432 months’ imprisonment, i.e., thirty-six years. The judgment was entered of record on March 13, 1996.1 A notice of appeal was not filed within the thirty-day period for filing a notice provided by Rule 2(a)(1) of the Rules of Appellate Procedure — Criminal, and Mr. Strawbridge now seeks by pro se motion to proceed with a belated appeal of the…