Hood v. State

Appellant has appealed an adverse ruling ■entered in a Criminal Rule No. 1 F.S.A. ch. 924 Appendix, proceeding, and the State now moves to dismiss same on the ground that the notice of appeal was not timely filed.

The record discloses the following:

1. On the 6th day of August 1963 appellant James Hood, an inmate of the Florida State Prison at Raiford, executed his verified notice of appeal from an order entered on July 2, 1963 by the Circuit Court in Holmes County, Florida denying relief prayed for in his petition filed pursuant to Criminal Rule No. 1.

2. On the 27th day of August 1963, Robert…