State v. Van Hoose

OPINION

By HORNBECK, J.:

Submitted on motion of defendant for leave to appeal from a judgment and sentence of the Common Pleas Court. The motion is supported by an affidavit of the mother of the defendant and by the professional statement of Mr. James E. Meals of Bayley, Meals and Taggert who are counsel for the defendant for the purpose of securing the leave to appeal.

From the facts appearing, we are satisfied that the defendant, by his mother, made diligent effort during the period within which the appeal could have been perfected as a matter of right, to secure counsel to perfect an appeal.…