Eastham v. Commonwealth

MILLIKEN, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Robert Eastham, alias James A. Henry, is serving a five-year sentence for breaking and entering a storehouse with intent to steal. The judgment of conviction was entered on February 14, 1964, his motion for a new trial was overruled on February 28, 1964, and his notice of appeal was filed on the same day. A narrative record of the proceedings in the trial court (including a summary of the evidence) was supplied the appellant on April 17, 1964, and filed in this Court on April 21, 1964. On June 17, 1964, appellant filed a handwritten “Brief for Appellant”…