State v. Davis

OPINION

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of theft and escape in the second degree with a prior entered pursuant to a guilty plea. Appellant had been incarcerated for burglary in the second degree when he escaped on June 2, 1981, by stealing a state pickup truck. Counsel for appellant was immediately appointed, but at appellant’s request, his counsel’s status was changed to advisory counsel. In that capacity, the court requested that advisory counsel contact a Mr. DuBois by telephone so that appellant could interview him. DuBois had seen the pickup leave the jail and it…