Preble v. State

Petitioner has filed in this Court verified petition for permission to take a belated appeal from his judgments of conviction for presenting a false claim and perjury for which he was sentenced respectively to 2-14 and 1-10 years’ imprisonment. The State of Indiana has filed response in opposition thereto.

It is the well settled law of this jurisdiction that before a belated appeal can be granted, sufficient cause must be shown to excuse the delay, and there must be a prima facie showing of merit to the appeal. See: Kirkland v. State (1956), 235 Ind. 450, 134 N. E. 2d 223; State ex rel. Casey…