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Don't go it alone on appeal

October 16, 2009

Posted In: Criminal Appeals (generally)

By Robert Alan Brenner on October 16, 2009 4:42 PM |

The case of State v. Burkholder, 2009-Ohio-5526, is a good example of why you should not go it alone on appeal. Barry Burkholder was apparently indigent but he did not send a notarized affidavit of indigency to the Second District Court of Appeals. So the Court of Appeals informed him that he would not get a criminal defense lawyer for his appeal. Instead, Barry tried to go it alone, but he basically sent an incoherent letter making conclusory allegations without getting a transcript made of the proceedings in the trial court. The Court of Appeals said its hands were tied as you can read by clicking here.

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