Supreme Court of North Carolina December 8, 1995, No. 85PA95 (State v. Holt)

WHICHARD, Justice.

In a noncapital trial, defendant was convicted of the first-degree murder of Olin Brown and sentenced to life imprisonment. Trial counsel failed to perfect the appeal in a timely manner. On 4 May 1995 this Court allowed defendant’s petition for a writ of certiorari and *397appointed Wallace C. Harrelson, Public Defender of Guilford County, as counsel on appeal.