In Re Applications of Maroney and Kunz

In Peterson v. State 1 this court held that the trial court is obligated to inform a convicted criminal defendant of his right to appeal. 2 If the trial court does not so inform the defendant, the defendant may pursue a late appeal. The petitioners in this case are indigent inmates of the Wisconsin State Prison and Wisconsin State Reformatory who allege that when they were convicted in 1971 they were not advised of their right to appeal in the trial court. They now apply to this court to appoint counsel for them to pursue a belated appeal under the mandate in Peterson. The court is thus faced…