State v. Constance

DON E. BURRELL, Judge.

After a non-jury trial, Gary Lee Constance (“Defendant”) was found guilty of driving without a valid operator’s license and of driving without proof of financial responsibility. The trial court sentenced Defendant to serve five days in jail on each charge and ran the sentences consecutively to one another for a total sentence of ten days of confinement.

Defendant timely filed a notice of appeal along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. The trial court granted Defendant’s motion to proceed informa pauper-is but did not appoint counsel to represent Defendant on his…