Parker v. State

In 1989 Lenner Parker filed in this court a timely motion for belated appeal of his conviction for the offense of delivery of cocaine. He alleged in the motion that his retained attorney Morris W. Thompson failed to perfect an appeal despite his request that he do so. Because Mr. Thompson’s affidavit submitted in response to the motion and the assertions of Parker were in direct conflict, we remanded the matter to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing and findings of fact. The trial court’s findings are now before us.

The trial court found that it had advised appellant of his appeal right…