Alderman v. State

ROBERTS, Acting Chief Justice.

Petitioner is detained under a judgment and sentence for four years imposed by the Circuit Court of the Seventh Judicial Circuit. His appeal to the District Court of Appeal, First District, was dismissed sua sponte for having failed to comply with the Rules of Appellate Procedure in the prosecution of the appeal. By petition for writ of habeas corpus he contends, and the respondent agrees, that he has been thwarted in his efforts to prosecute his appeal in the District Court through petitioner’s ignorance and through his inability to communicate with the public…