Walker v. State

WALLACE GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree and his punishment fixed at ninety-nine years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Although the record is not clear as to whether counsel who represented appellant on trial was court appointed or not, court-appointed counsel on appeal is not the same attorney who represented appellant on trial and the brief of appellant indicates that trial counsel was also court appointed.

The judgment entry in the record as certified to this court was silent as to whether or not appellant was represented by counsel at the time…