State v. Argiz

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals refusing to accept jurisdiction and dismissing an appeal from a judgment of conviction on the ground that the notice of appeal was untimely filed.

*548The defendant challenges the procedure in the circuit court for Douglas county, the Hon. ARTHUR A. CIRIL-LI, presiding, in advising him of his right to appeal and therefore claims that the appellate court should have taken jurisdiction of the case despite the late filing of his notice of appeal some nine and one-half months after the statutory time limit had expired.

On April 26, 1979, the…