Eidson v. State

On April 1, 19S8, counsel for the parties on appeal filed a stipulation which, if recognized by the court, would afford appellant in this criminal cause an additional forty days in which to file the brief that was due March 30, 1958.

The reason assigned for failure to comply with Section 6.11(b) Florida Appellate Rules is that it was “impossible to prepare a brief” because the attorney who handled the trial in the lower court and who is a member of the law firm representing appellant on this appeal, "was compelled to be out of his office for a big portion of the last three weeks” prior to the…