Standridge v. State

Petitioner was found guilty by a jury of violating a protective order (judgment-and-commitment order) and was sentenced to fifty-four months' imprisonment. His probation for a prior offense was revoked on the grounds that he had violated the order of protection (revocation order). Separately appeals were taken from the revocation order and the judgment-and-commitment order. The court of appeals affirmed the revocation order and dismissed the appeal in the judgment-and-commitment order on the ground that the only notice of appeal that was filed pertained to the revocation order only. Petitioner filed a motion to proceed with a belated appeal in the case. The Supreme Court granted the motion, as the record reflected that a timely notice of appeal was indeed filed as to the judgment-and-commitment order. As there was a valid notice of appeal, the Court treated the motion as a motion for rule on clerk to lodge the record. View "Standridge v. State" on Justia Law