McFerrin v. State

John H. Bradley, a state-salaried, full-time public defender for the Second Judicial District, Mississippi County, was appointed by the trial court to represent appellant Carlos Anthony McFerrin, an indigent defendant, in this criminal case. McFerrin was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole. A notice of appeal from the judgment of conviction was timely filed, and the record has been lodged with our clerk.

Mr. Bradley now asks this court to relieve him as counsel for McFerrin and to appoint new counsel for McFerrin in this criminal appeal. In support of his motion to…