Henderson v. State

Roy Chester Henderson was convicted in the Circuit Court of Columbia County of aggravated robbery and sentenced to a term of forty years imprisonment. At trial he was represented by retained counsel Wayne Jewell. No appeal was taken. Petitioner has now filed a pro se motion for belated appeal in which he asserts that he made known his desire to appeal to Mr. Jewell who did not take steps to perfect an appeal or otherwise advise him of how to perfect an appeal. He states that his representation of petitioner came to an end when he was convicted.

Criminal Procedure Rule 36.9 provides that all…