Arnold v. State

The appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree. On trial before a jury he was found guilty of second degree murder. On April 24, 1969, the trial court adjudged him guilty of such crime and sentenced him to confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of 20 years. No timely appeal was filed.

On February 25, 1970, the appellant filed in this court an amended petition for habe-as corpus, seeking appellate review on the ground and theory that by state action he was thwarted in taking a timely appeal. *193On authority of Baggett v. Wainwright, Fla.1969, 229 So.2d 239, this court, based…