Legal Opinion
De Groot v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 23, 1937No. 7511PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR, Circuit Judge.
Harry De Groot, having been convicted of murder in the first degree in the District Court of the United States for the District of Alaska, Division 1, asks leave to prosecute his appeal in forma pauperis. He bases his application on the ground that his attorney failed to exercise due diligence in prosecuting settlement of the bill of exceptions to be used on the appeal. It appears from the application that the time for the settlement of the bill of exceptions and the term in which such bill should be settled had expired.- The only allegation of the petitioner, who…
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