SANDIFER v. STATE

8 Div. 837.

535 So.2d 203 (1987)

Curtis SANDIFER v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

On Return to Remand June 14 and October 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Coleman Benton, Huntsville, for appellant.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and P. David Bjurberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


McMILLAN, Judge.

Appellant's counsel has failed to file a brief. The appellant is entitled to effective assistance of counsel on first appeal of right. Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 105 S.Ct. 830, 83 L.Ed.2d 821 (1985); Poe v. State, 510 So.2d 852 (Ala.Cr.App.1987).

Therefore, this case is remanded to the trial court for appointment of different counsel to represent the appellant...

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