Lee v. State

For the reasons expressed herein, I would dismiss these appeals without prejudice and remand them to the trial court to determine whether they have been abandoned.

Since these appellants elected to proceed pro se, and there is no claim that any of them was deprived of the right to be effectively represented by counsel on appeal, neither the holding nor the spirit of *491Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U. S. 387 (105 SC 830, 83 LE2d 821) (1985), requires that they be heard on the merits.1 In Evitts v. Lucey the U. S. Supreme Court found that the due process clause guarantees a criminal defendant effective…