Bogard v. State

The appellant George Willis was convicted in the Circuit Court of Columbia County of possession of cocaine and sentenced to life imprisonment. His co-defendant Robert Bogard was sentenced to forty years imprisonment. Appellant’s appointed attorney Clyde Lee tendered the record to this court in an untimely manner on April 10,1991. We granted a motion for rule on the clerk in the case, and appellant’s brief was due for filing June 8,1991. When no brief was received by September 18, 1991, the clerk informed counsel by letter of the need to take some action in the case. As of this date, counsel…