Pipkin v. State

In September of 1991, Ivan Floyd Pipkin, appellant, was charged in Stone County Circuit Court with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. He was tried and convicted in October of 1993. On November 15, 1993, appellant’s attorney, A. Wayne Davis, filed a timely notice of appeal, and on May 17, 1994, the transcript was filed in this court.

On June 24, 1994, Davis requested a seven-day clerk’s extension for the filing of his brief, and the clerk granted the extension. His brief was then due on July 5, 1994. On October 27, 1994, the clerk of this court notified Davis that his brief was…