Dixon v. Commonwealth

DAVIS, Commissioner.

We deal with a motion to dismiss this criminal appeal for failure to timely file the record and transcript of evidence.

James Dixon and Woetheries Townsend were tried and convicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court in September 1967 for maliciously burning a building. Their motion for a new trial was overruled on October 24, 1967, and judgment of imprisonment was then entered against them. Notice of appeal was filed on October 24, 1967.

On December 21, 1967, the trial court granted an extension of sixty days in which to complete the record for appeal. RCr 12.58(1). On February…