Mishion v. State

John Joplin, a full-time, state-salaried public defender in Sebastian County, was appointed by the trial court to represent appellant, Ronald L. Mishion, an indigent defendant, in connection with a petition to revoke filed by the State. Following a hearing held on August 9, 2006, the circuit court found that appellant violated the terms of his suspended sentence and sentenced him to serve ten years in the Arkansas Department of Correction, with an additional suspended sentence of ten years. A timely notice of appeal was filed with the circuit clerk, and the record has been lodged in this…