Woodruff v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

The appellant, Charles Woodruff, appeals from the trial court’s summary denial of his “petition for writ of error,” which attacks his 1981 conviction for the offense of robbery in the first degree and his resulting sentence of ninety-nine years’ imprisonment. In his petition, Woodruff specifically alleges that he was denied his right to appeal, because neither the trial court nor *1063his counsel advised him of his right to appeal, and, also, because counsel “did not avail himself to petitioner so that he could file a notice of appeal.”

It is now established that a cognizable…