PER CURIAM.
Ben Beland, a state-salaried, full-time public defender for the Twelfth Judicial District, was appointed by the trial court to represent appellant Buckie Mills, an indigent defendant, in this rape and kidnapping case. Mills was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Mr. Beland timely filed a notice of appeal from the judgment of conviction and lodged the appellate record with the Supreme Court Clerk.
Mr. Beland now asks this...
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