Hutto v. State

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Jimmy Hutto walked into the Bank of Jones County, showed an employee a gun in his pocket, and demanded money. After receiving $1,040 in cash, Hutto drove away. He now appeals the resulting armed-robbery conviction and five-year prison sentence.

¶ 2. His appellate counsel submitted a “Lindsey brief’1 — a brief in which counsel, after detailing the facts and procedural history, certified he had diligently scoured the record but could find no arguable issues for appeal. We too have thoroughly reviewed the record, focusing on three po*805tential issues — (1) the initial…