State v. Bednarik

OPINION

By SKEEL, J:

This cause is now before this Court on a motion of the defendant, Bednarik, for leave to appeal his cause to this court on questions of law from a verdict and judgment of guilty entered by the Common Pleas Court of Mahoning County after trial on a charge of murder in the first degree. The jury trying the cause recommended mercy and the defendant is now confined in the penitentiary under a life sentence.

The jury returned its verdict on March 18, 1947. No appeal was taken from the judgment and sentence within the time provided by §2953.05 R. C., but since that time this…