State v. Dillon

The defendant was convicted in the District Court of Cascade County of the crime of murder in the second degree and on October 31, 1949, was sentenced to serve at hard labor in the state prison for a term of 30 years. Thereupon she moved for a new trial. The motion was denied. Thereupon she appealed to this Court. She then applied to .the judge of the district court for a certificate of probable cause and for admission to bail pending the appeal. This application was also denied. Thereafter, on December 23, 1949, she filed in this Court her petition for a certificate of probable cause, stay…