People v. Carpenter

Defendant, having been found guilty of, and sentenced for, a misdemeanor, duly filed notice of appeal, and within the time allowed by law (five days after filing notice of appeal) served on the plaintiff and filed with the trial court a proposed statement on appeal. Such proposed statement was regular in every respect except that it failed to specify any grounds on which defendant intended to rely upon appeal, and plaintiff thereupon moved to terminate the proceedings on appeal on the ground that defendant “had failed to comply with the rules of the Judicial Council . . . in that he failed to…