Nichols v. Wainwright

McNULTY, Judge.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding in which, apparently in reliance on Baggett v. Wainwright,1 the petitioner is seeking a full appeal of his conviction.

After a jury trial, and on July 9, 1970, petitioner was adjudicated guilty of a felony and sentenced to a term of years in the state prison. No appeal was taken, although petitioner alleges that he was “at all times insolvent and desired to appeal.” He now says, however, that he was “deprived of, or inadequately afforded” his right of appeal by “state action,”2 alleging as grounds therefor that neither the court, at…