Swenson v. Bosler

Petitioner seeks certiorari from a judgment of the Court of Appeals holding invalid under the doctrine of Douglas v. California, 372 U. S. 353, the State of Missouri’s former practice of deciding direct criminal appeals by convicted indigent defendants without the appointment of appellate counsel. We grant the writ of certiorari and, for the reasons below, we affirm.

Under Missouri criminal practice, a convicted defendant’s motion for new trial must set forth in detail his specific' grounds for relief; and in general, a Missouri appellate court may not consider on appeal questions which were…