Haines v. State

Gloria M. Haines, defendant below, seeks through her public defender counsel a “Hollingshead appeal”. The petition, in material part, alleges that “the Office of the Public Defender received from the Petitioner a letter requesting an appeal be taken on her behalf on the thirtieth day after the Petitioner’s judgment and sentence.” There is no allegation that the defendant had theretofore requested that an appeal be perfected. It appears therefore that defendant’s right to appeal has not been frustrated by State action but instead by her own inaction. (See Baggett v. Wainwright,…