Davidson v. State

Sewell Richard- Davidson was tried, convicted, and sentenced to two to fourteen years in the Indiana *27State Prison for the crime of sodomy. The Honorable Frederick Rakestraw, Special Judge, in the Hamilton Circuit Court, overruled the motion for new trial on May 24, 1966. The end of the period for timely appeal was therefore August 20, 1966.

On August 29, 1966, without an extension of time being granted, appellant’s counsel submitted said cause. (Counsel does not state whether he submitted the Transcript and Assignment of Errors, or a petition for extension of time.) Because it was submitted…