Mercouri v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Petitioner was found guilty of aggravated robbery. Though represented by counsel, Petitioner filed a timely pro se notice of appeal on his own behalf. The circuit court entered an on order admonishing Petitioner that, until his counsel was relieved as the attorney of record, Petitioner was not permitted to file any pro se pleadings on his own behalf. Petitioner subsequently tendered a partial record to the clerk of the Court of Appeals. The clerk declined to lodge the record. Petitioner’s counsel then filed in the Supreme Court a petition for writ of certiorari to complete the record and a motion to withdraw as counsel. The petition and motion were denied without prejudice, and no further action was taken by counsel to perfect the appeal. Before the Supreme Court here was Petitioner’s pro se motion to appoint new counsel. The Court granted the motion, appointed new counsel to represent Petitioner with this appeal, and issued a writ of certiorari to the circuit court to bring up the remainder of the record for the appeal.
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